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To: Quester
but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people,

Do we know "a virgin of his own people" meant his own tribe?

51,483 posted on 05/05/2003 11:54:02 AM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant (Hows my posting? Call 1-800-Matthew 1:24 & 25.)
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To: Invincibly Ignorant
Do we know "a virgin of his own people" meant his own tribe?

There would have been no need to specify, otherwise. All Israelites were prohibited from intermarriage with non-Israelites.

51,495 posted on 05/05/2003 12:20:40 PM PDT by malakhi
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