Deuteronomy 25:8
8 "Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says , 'I do not desire to take 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.