“Mystically, this woman is the synagogue, which had seven husbands, as it is said to the Samaritan, Thou hadst five husbands, (John 4:18.) because the Samaritan follows only the five books of Moses, the synagogue for the most part seven. And from none of them has she received the seed of an hereditary offspring, and so…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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30And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
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28Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
— Luke 20:30 —
31And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.