Jerusalem Blade
Puritan Board Professor
I am seeking to understand the inclusion of Ruth into the congregation of the LORD in light of Deut 23:3,
It is clear she was accepted into the house of Israel, for the Scripture so attests in the book of Ruth; she is even named in the genealogy of Christ (Matt 1:5). What I want to understand is the basis for her inclusion contrary to the prohibition.
The best idea I have found so far is Matthew Poole's:
Any more thoughts on this?
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation they shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever
It is clear she was accepted into the house of Israel, for the Scripture so attests in the book of Ruth; she is even named in the genealogy of Christ (Matt 1:5). What I want to understand is the basis for her inclusion contrary to the prohibition.
The best idea I have found so far is Matthew Poole's:
. . . And whereas the children of Rahab and Ruth are produced to the contrary, it may be said as it was before, that these were extraordinary instances, and that God when he pleased might exempt any particular person of them from this curse, though the Israelites might not do so.
Any more thoughts on this?