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no_o marriage_n lawful_a read_v chap._n 20_o verse_n 12._o 11_o thou_o shall_v not_o discover_v the_o shame_n of_o thy_o brother_n 16._o wife_n for_o it_o be_v thy_o brother_n shame_n this_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v then_o during_o the_o life_n of_o his_o brother_n and_o so_o in_o the_o next_o chap._n verse_n 21._o for_o otherwise_o in_o those_o day_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o brother_n to_o raise_v up_o seed_n to_o his_o brother_n deut._n 25._o but_o now_o it_o bind_v we_o ever_o as_o appear_v by_o john_n to_o herod_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o thou_o to_o 1â—_n have_v thy_o brother_n wife_n 12_o thou_o shall_v not_o discover_v the_o shame_n of_o the_o wife_n and_o 17._o of_o her_o daughter_n neither_o shall_v thou_o take_v her_o son_n daughter_n nor_o her_o daughter_n daughter_n to_o uncover_v her_o shame_n for_o they_o be_v thy_o kinsfolk_n and_o it_o be_v wickedness_n these_o horrible_a incest_n be_v well_o know_v to_o any_o and_o therefore_o need_v no_o further_a 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