Deuteronomy 25:6

New American Bible - revised edition

The firstborn son she bears shall continue the name of the deceased brother, that his name may not be blotted out from Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 38:8

Then Judah said to Onan, “Have intercourse with your brother’s wife, in fulfillment of your duty as brother-in-law, and thus preserve your brother’s line.”

Genesis 38:9

Onan, however, knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.

Psalm 109:13

May his posterity be destroyed, their name rooted out in the next generation.

Psalm 9:5

For you upheld my right and my cause, seated on your throne, judging justly.

Deuteronomy 21:19

his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders at the gate of his home city,

Deuteronomy 29:20

The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for doom, in keeping with all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law. Punishment for Idolatry.

Deuteronomy 9:14

Let me be, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens. I will then make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.