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NASB | Deuteronomy 25:5 ¶ "When brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 25:5 ¶ "If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, the widow of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall be intimate with her after taking her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. |
Subject: Is Deu 25:5, applicable to day? |
Bible Note: Shalom Jeff, I'm certainly not "more skilled", not at all, but I have just finished a small study of the "firstborn," so maybe I can add a smidgen to your explanation. In those days having sons was paramount - and being "first born" and receiving the first born status and blessing of the firstborn extremely important. Onan was to produce a male child with this sister-in-law but the child would not be considered fully his (that is not raised in his household under his rule) but could in fact also be considered in line for the firstborn status/blessing should the sister-in-law deliver a boy before his own wife delivered a boy. (At least, this is my understanding of it :-) .) As an aside, I agree with you about his deceit displeasing God, but I also think it was the spilling of the life-seed onto the ground that actually sealed his fate. Still learning Cheri |
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