Ruth 1:4
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4 The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later,
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Matthew 1:5
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5 Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab).
Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth).
Obed was the father of Jesse.
1 Kings 11:1-2
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Solomon’s Many Wives
11 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites. 2 The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, “You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.” Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.
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Deuteronomy 23:3
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3 “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 7:3
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3 You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,
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