You are hereHomeBARSeptember/October 2012Machaerus: Where Salome Danced and John the Baptist Was Beheaded Under Jewish levirate law, a brother is required to marry his brother’s widow, but is forbidden to marry his brother’s divorced wife. See Leviticus 18:16; 20:21. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.