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21 If a man marries his brother’s wife,[a] this is impurity; for he has taken what belongs to his brother, and they shall be childless.

22 “You must obey all of my laws and ordinances so that I will not throw you out of your new land.[b] 23 You must not follow the customs of the nations I cast out before you, for they do all these things I have warned you against; that is the reason I abhor them.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:21 his brother’s wife. However, marriage to his brother’s widow was required if she had no children. See Deuteronomy 25:5.
  2. Leviticus 20:22 so that I will not throw you out of your new land, literally, “that the land I give you will not vomit you out again.”

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