Leviticus 18:16

New Century Version

“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife. That would shame your brother.

Cross References

Leviticus 20:21

“ ‘It is unclean for a man to marry his brother’s wife. That man has shamed his brother, and they will have no children.

Matthew 22:24

They said, “Teacher, Moses said if a married man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him.

Mark 12:19

They said, “Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, then that man must marry the widow and have children for his brother.

Mark 6:17

Herod himself had ordered his soldiers to arrest John and put him in prison in order to please his wife, Herodias. She had been the wife of Philip, Herod’s brother, but then Herod had married her.

Luke 3:19

But John spoke against Herod, the governor, because of his sin with Herodias, the wife of Herod’s brother, and because of the many other evil things Herod did.

Deuteronomy 25:5

If two brothers are living together, and one of them dies without having a son, his widow must not marry someone outside her husband’s family. Her husband’s brother must marry her, which is his duty to her as a brother-in-law.