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Fw: va-roots: Marrying a spouse's sibling
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Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
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Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 Feb 2006 11:45:25 -0600
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Clay has clarified the comment by Chuck. I thought he was speaking of law in general and VA law in particular, and not Biblical. Right, Chuck ????

Thanks for the explanation, Chuck.


----- Original Message -----
From: clay gullatt
To: Paul Drake
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: va-roots: Marrying a spouse's sibling


Paul

Chuck was commenting on the Levirate Law from the Bible where a brother was required to marry his brother's widow if there were no male heirs. The first born son of this marriage was considered the dead brother's child and heir. See Deut. 25 5-10. He is correct in that it did not matter if the brother was already married. You could have more than one wife then.

Clay



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