Legal provision requiring a dead man’s brother (levirate) to marry his childless widow and father a son who would assume the dead man’s name and inherit his portion of the promised land (Deut. 25:5–10). 1
1 Brand, C., Draper, C., England, A., Bond, S., Clendenen, E. R., & Butler, T. C. (Eds.). (2003). Levirate Law, Levirate Marriage. In Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (p. 1028). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
John 1:1 ESV
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
