Deuteronomy 25:6

⁴ Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

⁵ When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

⁷ But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

⁸ Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
KJV: And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
WEB: It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
ASV: And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.
DARBY: And it shall be, that the firstborn that she beareth shall stand in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not blotted out from Israel.
BLB: And it shall come to pass [that] the firstborn son that she bears will rise up upon the name of the dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out from Israel.

ÅB: Og den første sønn hun får, skal kalles sønn av hans avdøde bror, for at den avdødes navn ikke skal utslettes av Israel.
OTB: Den første sønnen hun føder skal bære navnet til den avdøde broren, slik at hans navn ikke blir utslettet fra Israel.
B1930: Og den første sønn hun får, skal kalles sønn av hans avdøde bror, forat den avdødes navn ikke skal utslettes av Israel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 21:19
his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
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Psalms 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
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Psalms 9:5
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
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Genesis 28:8–10
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
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Ruth 4:1–7
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
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Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
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Ruth 4:10–12
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
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Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
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