Deuteronomy 25:8

“Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;”

"Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;" - Deuteronomy 25:8
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What does Deuteronomy 25:8 mean?

Deuteronomy 25:8 (KJV) is a verse that addresses the ancient practice of levirate marriage and the responsibilities of a brother-in-law upon the death of his sibling's spouse. The verse reads, "Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to…

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The Weight of Responsibility: A Reflection on Deuteronomy 25:8

In Deuteronomy 25:8, we read, "Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;" At first glance, this scripture appears to focus primarily on the obligation of a man to fulfill the duty of a…

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A Prayer for Understanding and Acceptance of God’s Will

O Lord Almighty, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, I come before You with a heart full of reverence and humility. Today, I meditate upon the profound wisdom found in Your Word, particularly in Deuteronomy 25:8, where it is written, "Then the elders of his city shall call him, and…

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Deuteronomy 25:8 - "Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;"
Deuteronomy 25:13 - "¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small."
Deuteronomy 25:4 - "¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn."
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Deuteronomy 31:8
Deuteronomy 31:25 - "That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,"
Deuteronomy 25:14 - "Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small."
Deuteronomy 33:25 - "Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be."
Deuteronomy 25:10 - "And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed."
Deuteronomy 25:16 - "For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 8:8 - "A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;"
Exodus 25:8
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numbers 25:8
Genesis 25-8
Deuteronomy 27:25 - "Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Deuteronomy 25:17 - "¶ Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;"
Deuteronomy 3:25 - "I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon."
Deuteronomy 25:1 - "If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked."
Deuteronomy 32:25 - "The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs."
Deuteronomy 22:25 - "¶ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:"
Deuteronomy 6:25 - "And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us."
1 Chronicles 8:25 - "And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;"
Deuteronomy 25:6 - "And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel."
Deuteronomy 23:8 - "The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation."
Deuteronomy 27:8 - "And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly."
Deuteronomy 12:25 - "Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD."
Deuteronomy 14:25 - "Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:"
Deuteronomy 18:8 - "They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony."