21 If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is something abhorrent.+ He has exposed his brother to shame.* They should become childless.

5 “If brothers dwell together and one of them dies without having a son, the wife of the dead one should not marry someone from outside the family. Her brother-in-law should go to her, take her as his wife, and perform brother-in-law marriage with her.+

17 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John and had bound him in prison on account of He·roʹdi·as, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.+ 18 For John had been saying to Herod: “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”+