Bava Kamma 38a § ?+
The 2 Virtuous Ladies
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With regard to the Moabites themselves, is it not
clear all the more so that they should be attacked?
To counter this, God said to Moses: That which has entered
your mind has not entered Mine, because I have 2 virtuous
fledglings [feridot], i.e., girls, to extract from them:
Ruth the Moabite, who will be the foremother of the dynasty
of David, and Naamah the Ammonite, Solomon’s wife,
from whom the continuation of that dynasty will emerge.
For the sake of these women, the Moabites and Ammonites
must not be destroyed.
clear all the more so that they should be attacked?
To counter this, God said to Moses: That which has entered
your mind has not entered Mine, because I have 2 virtuous
fledglings [feridot], i.e., girls, to extract from them:
Ruth the Moabite, who will be the foremother of the dynasty
of David, and Naamah the Ammonite, Solomon’s wife,
from whom the continuation of that dynasty will emerge.
For the sake of these women, the Moabites and Ammonites
must not be destroyed.