Deuteronomy 25:8
8 Then the leaders will call for the brother and confront him. If he stands there defiant and says, "I don't want her,"
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:8
Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:5-12
(Read Deuteronomy 25:5-12)
The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.