“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us:‘ If a man’ s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’

“夫子，摩西为我们写着说：‘人若死了，撇下妻子，没有孩子，他兄弟当娶他的妻，为哥哥生子立后。’

“老师，摩西为我们写下这话：‘某人的哥哥若死了，撇下妻子，没有孩子，他该娶哥哥的妻子，为哥哥生子立后。’

“老师，摩西为我们写下这话：‘某人的哥哥若死了，撇下妻子，没有孩子，他该娶哥哥的妻子，为哥哥生子立后。’

“老师，摩西为我们写下律例，如果一个人死了，遗下妻子，又没有儿女，他的兄弟就当娶嫂嫂，替哥哥传宗接代。

“老师，摩西曾写给我们说：‘如果一个人死了，留下妻子，没有儿女，他的弟弟就应当娶他的妻子，为哥哥立后。’

“老师，摩西为我们写道：如果一个人的兄弟死了，撇下妻子而没有留下孩子，他就应该娶这妇人，为兄弟留后裔。

「夫子，摩西為我們寫着說：『人若死了，撇下妻子，沒有孩子，他兄弟當娶他的妻，為哥哥生子立後。』

「老師，摩西為我們寫下這話：『某人的哥哥若死了，撇下妻子，沒有孩子，他該娶哥哥的妻子，為哥哥生子立後。』

「老師，摩西為我們寫下這話：『某人的哥哥若死了，撇下妻子，沒有孩子，他該娶哥哥的妻子，為哥哥生子立後。』

「老師，摩西為我們寫下律例，如果一個人死了，遺下妻子，又沒有兒女，他的兄弟就當娶嫂嫂，替哥哥傳宗接代。

“老師，摩西曾寫給我們說：‘如果一個人死了，留下妻子，沒有兒女，他的弟弟就應當娶他的妻子，為哥哥立後。’

『先生，摩西曾對我們寫着說：「一個人的哥哥若死了，留下妻子，沒有遺留孩子，他弟弟該娶他的妻子，為他哥哥樹立後裔。」

「老師，摩西為我們寫道：如果一個人的兄弟死了，撇下妻子而沒有留下孩子，他就應該娶這婦人，為兄弟留後裔。

夫子、摩西書於我云、若人兄死、遺妻而無子、其弟當納其妻、生子以嗣之、

先生、摩西筆以示我云、若人兄弟死、遺妻而無子、兄弟當娶其妻、生子以嗣之、

師、摩西書以諭我云、若兄死、遺妻而無子、弟當娶其妻、生子以嗣兄、

『摩西嘗云、兄死遺妻無子、弟當娶嫂、為兄生子以立嗣。

“ Teacher,” they said,“ Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

“ Teacher,” they said,“ Moses wrote for us about a man who died and didn’t have any children. But he did leave a wife behind. That man’s brother must get married to the widow. He must provide children to carry on his dead brother’s name.

“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

“ Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.

“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child, that man should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, his brother is to marry the wife and raise up children for his brother.

“ Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, and leaves his wife behind, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaves his wife behind, and leaves no child, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave[ his] wife[ behind him], and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

“ Teacher, Moses wrote to us,‘ If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’

If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man’s wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband’s brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say,“ My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!”Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying,“ I don’t want to marry her,”then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond,“ Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother’s family line!”His family name will be referred to in Israel as“ the family of the one whose sandal was removed.”

Then Judah said to Onan,“ Have sexual relations with your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother.”

But Naomi replied,“ Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands!Go back home, my daughters! For I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought that there was hope that I could get married tonight and conceive sons,surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the LORD is afflicting me!”

Then Boaz said,“ When you acquire the field from Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the wife of our deceased relative, in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property.”