Shēnméngjì 25:8

8 Bĕn chéng de zhǎnglǎo jiù yào zhào nà rén lái wèn tā , tā ruò zhí yì shuō , wǒ bú yuànyì qǔ tā ,

Shēnméngjì 25:8 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 25:8

Then the elders of his city shall call him
Require him to come, before them, and declare his resolution, and the reasons for it; recite this law to him, and explain the nature of it, and exhort him to comply with it, or show reason why he does not, at least to have his final resolution upon it:

and speak unto him;
talk with him upon this subject, and give him their best advice; and what that was Maimonides ^F15 more particularly informs us; if it is good and advisable to marry, they advise him to marry; but if it is better advice to pluck off the shoe, they give it; as when she is young and he is old, or she is old and he young, they advise him to allow the shoe to be plucked off:

and [if] he stand [to it]: and say, I like not to take her;
if, after all the conversation, debate, and counsel between them, he is resolute, and abides by his first determination, that he will not marry her, then the following method was to be taken.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Yebum Vechalitzab, c. 4. sect. 1.

Shēnméngjì 25:8 In-Context

6 Fùrén shēng de zhǎngzǐ bì guī sǐ xiōng de míng xià , miǎndé tāde míng zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng túmǒ le .

7 Nà rén ruò bú yuànyì qǔ tā gēge de qī , tā gēge de qī jiù yào dào chéng mén zhǎnglǎo nàli , shuō , wǒ zhàngfu de xiōngdi bú kĕn zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng xīngqǐ tā gēge de míngzi , bú gĕi wǒ jìn dìxiōng de bĕn fèn .

8 Bĕn chéng de zhǎnglǎo jiù yào zhào nà rén lái wèn tā , tā ruò zhí yì shuō , wǒ bú yuànyì qǔ tā ,

9 Tā gēge de qī jiù yào dàng zhe zhǎnglǎo dào nà rén de gēnqián , tuō le tāde xié , tǔ tuòmo zaì tā liǎn shàng , shuō , fán bú wéi gēge jiànlì jia shì de dōu yào zhèyàng daì tā .

10 Zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng , tāde míng bì chēngwèi tuō xié zhī jia .