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   Omega Variant (omega_variant@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 20:39:07 JST Omega Variant
   Something to point out that I think flies by alot of people is where it says Ruth was a moabitess.
   
   If you look later on in Ruth it talks about boaz doing the part of a kinsman and raising up an inheritance for her.
   
   This law applied to Israelites not moabites. One should conclude that Ruth was infact Israelite in decent that was called a moabite due to her living in that land. Same as one would be called an American because I live in this country even if they moved from a different country.
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     cognate (cognate@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 20:39:02 JST cognate

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     I'm no expert, but I think a plain reading leads to the interpretation that Ruth's declaration of allegiance to God and the Israelite people (in Ruth 1:16), along with her demonstration of faithfulness (in the rest of the book), was what led her to be accepted as one of God's people, in a similar way to Rahab before her.
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     Scot_Paladin (scot_paladin@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 20:39:03 JST Scot_Paladin

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     My bet is Moabite in the context of Deut 23 probably referred to males.
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     Omega Variant (omega_variant@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 20:39:03 JST Omega Variant

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     That would then fall under the category lined out in verse 2 of being a bastard.
     
     "mam-zare"
     
     Born to a Israelite father and heathen mother.
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     Omega Variant (omega_variant@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 20:39:04 JST Omega Variant

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     Not necessarily, many times Israelites went whoring after other gods. I see it as a simple thing as she was one of the ones who practiced the pagan customs of the land as it's what she grew up in.
     
     I could be wrong in that. She may have just been another adamite. The relevant point being she was not Moabite by blood is the main point to drive home there. As most pastors claim she was Moabite by descent.
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     cognate (cognate@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 20:39:05 JST cognate

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     @Omega_Variant I suppose it's possible that Ruth was not related to the Moabites (as excluded in Deuteronomy 3:23), but it's clear that she wasn't an Israelite either, otherwise her declaration in Ruth 1:16 would make no sense, particularly "Your God will become my God". If she was already an Israelite, then she would already share Naomi's God.
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     Omega Variant (omega_variant@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 20:39:06 JST Omega Variant

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     Could not have been the case. God's own ordinance of a moabite coming into his congregation for ever would have been broken and David disqualified to be king of Israel
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     cognate (cognate@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 20:39:07 JST cognate

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     @Omega_Variant It states pretty clearly that Ruth was a Moabite and not an Israelite. However her first husband was an Israelite, and since there was a question of what would happen to his inheritance, the Israelite laws applied. To the extent that Ruth was Israelite, it's because she married in and swore to stay with her mother-in-law.