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               particular foreign woman as signified by the word “nokriy”! This shows the un-
               forgivable nature of this act.


               3. This is confirmed by Proverbs 23:33 and 5:20.


               COMMENT: The word “bosom” is not used of the breasts of a woman, as it is
               used of both males and females. It is a symbolic physical term that is figura-
               tive of what a person feels deeply and in an intimate way. The uttering of “per-
               verse things” are words of idolatry; the word “perverse” is often used in the Bi-
               ble of  words that are being spoken. These verses tell about  whoredom  with
               “strange” (=  “nokiy”)  women of a foreign  race. Care must be  taken here  as
               there are other words concerning “strangers”, “foreigners”, “aliens” and “hea-
               then”. It is the idolatry that  follows whoredom that  takes  away a man’s
               precious life.


               4. Speaking about whoredom what does Hosea say? Hosea 4:14.

               COMMENT: There is no “maybe” about this! The Bible makes a difference be-
               tween illicit sex between an Israelite man and a foreign (nokriy) woman, and
               illicit sex of the same man with an Israelite woman. Not that the latter may not
               be  wrong; it is because  the former is non-recoverable,  whereas there is
               remedy in some circumstances with the latter.


               5. Is there an example of this in the Bible? Genesis 38.


               COMMENT: This is the case of when Judah was tricked by Tamar when she
               posed as a prostitute. Judah did not die for this act with an Israelite woman. In
               this case it was Judah’s daughter-in-law and this happened after the daugh-
               ter-in-law’s husband was dead.

               6. In some cases were Israelite men commanded to “raise up seed” to Israel-
               ite women they were not wed to? Matthew 22:24.


               COMMENT: In Judah’s case, we have to note that Judah had previously mar-
               ried a Canaanite  woman and through this union produced two sons, Er and
               Onan.  The  Canaanite  woman  disappears  from  history  and  YEHOVAH  God
               kills Er and Onan. In having previously married the Canaanite woman, there is
               no suggestion that Judah committed idolatry. Idolatry is the usual progression
               that follows racial intermarriage, over time, and is  one  aspect  of  what is  so
               wrong with racial intermarriage. In studying this lesson, please keep in mind
               that it is idolatry that is judged so severely.









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