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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.

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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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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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