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obliged to relate this history of Ruth, because I had a
mind to demonstrate the power of God, who, without
difficulty, can raise those that are of ordinary
parentage to dignity and splendor, to which he advanced
David, though he were born of such mean parents.
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Josephus did not relate in the context concerning the marriage of Ruth as inter-racial in the sense of physical difference; even though, the non-Israeli neighbors were perhaps in perception of their general wayward tradition noted as "ordinary", or perhaps "mean".
It seems it may be deduced that Ruth was Semitic and a descendant of Lot. "Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day." (Gn. 19:36, 37 KJV) Lot and Abraham were related. (Gn. 13:8) Even though the Moabites were not Israeli; they were Semitic.
Understanding dispensations and
close-relative law:
"For instruction and guidance in this area of
philosophy (segregation) we need true and pure, divine authority:
The Old Testament gives us guidelines (I Tim. 1:8-11). Marital
segregation was instituted among the tribes within the race of
Israel (Nu. 36:5-13). (In order to understand what is Biblically
acceptable concerning the close relative law of marriage, you
must realize that God's commandments were given in dispensations.
From the beginning, Adam and Eve were the progenitors of the
whole earth. Thus, hypothetically, through regeneration, the
earth could not have been filled with people without one of their
sons having sex with one of their daughters. The close relative
law was not in effect at that time. Even later on, as the world
passed, what was once permitted in Jacob's time was incriminated
in Lv. 18:18. As time continued, God's laws were increased and
written. Eventually and finally, the New Testament books were
written. So, even with a brief recalling, the marriage between
cousins may seem surprisingly close today; however, it did not
violate the close relative law of Lv. 18:6- 18). Nevertheless,
and relative to the point, these laws and commandments (Nu.
36:5-13) protected the inheritance of the people of Israel. From
this, it can be deduced that a righteous nation should protect
the inheritance of its people even to the extent of intratribal
segregation." More
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