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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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