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levirate: see marriage marriage, socially sanctioned union that reproduces the family . In all societies the choice of partners is generally guided by rules of exogamy (the obligation to marry outside a group); some societies also have rules of endogamy (the obligation to marry within a ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If Naomi, a post-menopausal female, returns alone to Bethlehem, she may not call on the custom of levirate obligation. 2) For variations on this custom, now called levirate marriage, see the story of Tamar and Judah in Genesis 38 and the Torah legislation in Deuteronomy 25:5-10. In the context of a discussion of levirate marriage (Deut 25:5-6), he gives as a reason for that historic custom that "eunuchs and the unfruitful were despised. |
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