Deuteronomy 25:5

“If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not belong, outside the family, to a strange man. Her brother-in-law shall go in to her and take her for himself as a wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her.”

Deuteronomy 25:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · Matthew 22:24

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The Sadducees sum up the law of the brother of the deceased: the brother takes the widow to raise up offspring for the dead man.

Formula: Μωϋσῆς εἶπεν “Moses said” (Matthew 22:24)

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Greek of the New Testament: λέγοντες Διδάσκαλε Μωϋσῆς εἶπεν Ἐάν τις ἀποθάνῃ μὴ ἔχων τέκνα ἐπιγαμβρεύσει ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναστήσει σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּו וּמֵת אַחַד מֵהֶם וּבֵן אֵין לוֹ לֹא תִהְיֶה אֵשֶׁת הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָר יְבָמָהּ יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וְיִבְּמָהּ וְהָיָה הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד יָקוּם עַל שֵׁם אָחִיו הַמֵּת וְלֹא יִמָּחֶה שְׁמוֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 25:7 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐὸν δὲ μὴ βούληται ὁ ἄνθρωπος λαβεῖν τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται ἡ γυνὴ ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην ἐπὶ τὴν γερουσίαν καὶ ἐρεῖ Οὐ θέλει ὁ τοῦ ἀνδρός μου ἀναστῆσαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἴ’ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ ἀνδρός μου.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Mark 12:19

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The Sadducees sum up the law of the brother of the deceased: the brother takes the widow to raise up offspring for the dead man.

Formula: Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν ὅτι “Moses wrote for us that” (Mark 12:19)

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Greek of the New Testament: Διδάσκαλε Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν ὅτι ἐάν τινος ἀδελφὸς ἀποθάνῃ καὶ καταλίπῃ γυναῖκα καὶ μὴ ἀφῇ τέκνον ἵνα λάβῃ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ἐξαναστήσῃ σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּו וּמֵת אַחַד מֵהֶם וּבֵן אֵין לוֹ לֹא תִהְיֶה אֵשֶׁת הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָר יְבָמָהּ יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וְיִבְּמָהּ וְהָיָה הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד יָקוּם עַל שֵׁם אָחִיו הַמֵּת וְלֹא יִמָּחֶה שְׁמוֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 25:7 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐὸν δὲ μὴ βούληται ὁ ἄνθρωπος λαβεῖν τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται ἡ γυνὴ ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην ἐπὶ τὴν γερουσίαν καὶ ἐρεῖ Οὐ θέλει ὁ τοῦ ἀνδρός μου ἀναστῆσαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἴ’ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ ἀνδρός μου.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Luke 20:28

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The Sadducees sum up the law of the brother of the deceased: the brother takes the widow to raise up offspring for the dead man.

Formula: Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν “Moses wrote for us” (Luke 20:28)

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Greek of the New Testament: λέγοντες Διδάσκαλε Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν ἐάν τινος ἀδελφὸς ἀποθάνῃ ἔχων γυναῖκα καὶ οὗτος ἄτεκνος ᾖ ἵνα λάβῃ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ἐξαναστήσῃ σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּו וּמֵת אַחַד מֵהֶם וּבֵן אֵין לוֹ לֹא תִהְיֶה אֵשֶׁת הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָר יְבָמָהּ יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וְיִבְּמָהּ וְהָיָה הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד יָקוּם עַל שֵׁם אָחִיו הַמֵּת וְלֹא יִמָּחֶה שְׁמוֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 25:7 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐὸν δὲ μὴ βούληται ὁ ἄνθρωπος λαβεῖν τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται ἡ γυνὴ ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην ἐπὶ τὴν γερουσίαν καὶ ἐρεῖ Οὐ θέλει ὁ τοῦ ἀνδρός μου ἀναστῆσαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἴ’ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ ἀνδρός μου.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Deuteronomy 25:5, word by word

brothersאַחִיםachim

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

Where else “achim” appears
liveיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yeshvu” appears
togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav

together

Together, at the same time.

Where else “yachdav” appears
and oneאַחַדachad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

Where else “achad” appears
diesמֵתmet

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

Where else “met” appears
sonבֵןven

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “ven” appears
the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “eshet” appears
belongתִהְיֶהtihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tihye” appears
outside the familyחוּצָchutsa

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

Where else “chutsa” appears
to a strange manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
to a strange manזָרzar

stranger

An outsider, not part of the group.

Where else “zar” appears
Her brother-in-lawיְבָמָyevama

brother-in-law

Brother-in-law: the brother of the husband.

Where else “yevama” appears
shall go inיָבֹאyavo

go in to

To go in to a woman as husband.

Where else “yavo” appears
and take herלְקָחָlekaach

take a wife

"Take a wife": to marry.

Where else “lekaach” appears
and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to herיִבְּמָyibma

perform levirate duty

Do the duty of a brother-in-law: marry the widow of a brother who died childless, to give him offspring.

Where else “yibma” appears

Translation note

It is the law that the Sadducees quoted to Jesus (Matthew 22:24). See also Ruth 4.

Parallel passages

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Quotation · Matthew 22:24

The Sadducees sum up the law of the brother of the deceased: the brother takes the widow to raise up offspring for the dead man.

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Deuteronomy 25:5

5If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not belong, outside the family, to a strange man. Her brother-in-law shall go in to her and take her for himself as a wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

Matthew 22:24

24saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If someone dies not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’

Quotation · Mark 12:19

The Sadducees sum up the law of the brother of the deceased: the brother takes the widow to raise up offspring for the dead man.

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Deuteronomy 25:5

5If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not belong, outside the family, to a strange man. Her brother-in-law shall go in to her and take her for himself as a wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

Mark 12:19

19“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 should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Quotation · Luke 20:28

The Sadducees sum up the law of the brother of the deceased: the brother takes the widow to raise up offspring for the dead man.

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Deuteronomy 25:5

5If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not belong, outside the family, to a strange man. Her brother-in-law shall go in to her and take her for himself as a wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

Luke 20:28

28saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

The context

4You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.

5 · This verse (above)

6And the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, so that his name is not blotted out from Israel.

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