Related%20passage for Yevamot 47:16
ואימא כי ליכא בכור קדם קטן זכה ואי איכא בכור קדם קטן לא זכה אמר קרא (דברים כה, ה) כי ישבו אחים יחדו הוקשה ישיבת אחים זה לזה
Scripture stated, And one of them died;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 5, which refers to all cases, even to that where there were Only two brothers. ');"><sup>39</sup></span> does not this include also the case where the firstborn died,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the text does not specify any particular case. ');"><sup>40</sup></span> and so the All Merciful has said that the younger shall perform the duty of the levirate marriage?
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