Genesis 38:8 Cross References - NSB

⁸ Then Judah said to Er’s brother Onan: »Go sleep with your brother’s widow. Fulfill your obligation to her as her husband’s brother. That way your brother may have descendants.«

¹⁶ »‘Do not have sexual intercourse with your sister-in-law. She is your brother's wife.

⁸ »Every woman who inherits property in an Israelite tribe must marry a man belonging to that tribe. In this way all Israelites will inherit the property of their ancestors, ⁹ and the property will not pass from one tribe to another. Each tribe will continue to possess its own property.«

⁵ »When brothers live together and one of them dies without a son the wife of the deceased shall not marry outside the family to a strange man. Her husband's brother shall marry her and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. ⁶ »The firstborn son she bears will assume the name of the dead brother. That way his name will not be blotted out from Israel. ⁷ »If the man does not desire to take his brother's wife, his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say: My husband's brother refuses to establish a name for his brother in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a husband's brother to me. ⁸ »The elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists and says: I do not desire to take her, ⁹ his brother's wife shall must to him in the sight of the elders. She will pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. Then she will declare: It is done to the man who does not build up his brother's house. ¹⁰ »His name in Israel will be: ‘The house of him whose sandal is removed.’

¹¹ »You must go back, my daughters,« Naomi replied. »Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry?

⁵ Then Boaz said: »On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.« ⁶ The near relative said: »I am not able to redeem it for myself, for fear of damaging the heritage I have. You may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself.« ⁷ It was the custom for the seller to take off his sandal and give to the buyer to settle a sale or exchange of property. By doing this, Israelites showed that the matter was settled. ⁸ So when the man said to Boaz: »You buy it,« he took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz. ⁹ Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the others there: »You are all witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech and to his sons Chilion and Mahlon. ¹⁰ »In addition, Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, becomes my wife. This will keep the property in the dead man’s family, and his family line will continue among his people in his hometown. Today you are witnesses to this.« ¹¹ The leaders and the others said: »Yes, we are witnesses. May Jehovah make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

²³ That same day, Sadducees came to him. They believe there is no resurrection. They asked him a question. ²⁴ »Teacher, Moses said if a man dies having no children, his brother should marry his wife, and bring up seed for his brother. ²⁵ »There were seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no children, left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ »The same happened to the second, right on through the seventh. ²⁷ »After that the woman died.