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19 ‘Teacher,(A) Moses(B) wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child,(C) that man should take the wife(D) and raise up offspring for his brother.[a](E) 20 There were seven brothers. The first married a woman, and dying, left no offspring. 21 The second also took her, and he died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 None of the seven[b] left offspring. Last of all, the woman died too.

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  1. 12:19 Gn 38:8; Dt 25:5
  2. 12:22 Other mss add had taken her and