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The table below presents
two contradictory verses.
Both verses talk about
acceptance of outsiders into the Jewish community.
The underlined words highlight the contradiction.
One verse says
accept runaway slaves into the community - let them convert and be one of you,
while the other verse says
never accept Ammonites and Moabites?
Which is it?
Is a Moabite slave accepted into the community or not?
Rashi simply resolves this using the
2 aspects
method:
1) Runaway Moabite slaves are freed but are not allowed to marry Jews
2) Other runaway slaves are freed and are allowed to marry freely within the community.
[The runaway slaves are freed and converted and can therefore marry whom they chose...
See Rambam Laws of Slaves Chapter 8]
Summary
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Verse / Source
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Text of verse / Source
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Free runaway slaves - let them live with you
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Dt23-16:17
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You shall not deliver to his master the slave who has
escaped from his master to you;
He shall live with you, among you, in that place which he
shall choose in one of your gates,
where it pleases him best; you shall not oppress him.
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Moabites and Ammonites shall not enter the community
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Dt23-04:07
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An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord forever;
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when you came out of Egypt; ....
You shall not seek their peace .... all your days for ever.
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Resolution:
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2 Aspects
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1) Runaway Moabite slaves are freed but are not allowed to marry Jews
2) Other runaway slaves are freed and are allowed to marry freely within the community.
[The runaway slaves are freed and converted and can therefore marry whom they chose...
See Rambam Laws of Slaves Chapter 8]
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