Commentary for Avodah Zarah 128:6
לא לעולם אימא לך אידי ואידי עובד כוכבים ודקאמרת היינו שלו ושל חבירו רישא זה וזה לפעור וזה וזה למרקוליס סיפא זה לפעור וזה למרקוליס
No; I can say to you that in either case it refers to an idolater, and when you say that it is then identical with “belonging to himself or to another idolater,” I can say that in the first clause it means when each of them [worships] Peor or each [worships] Mercurius, whereas in the second clause it means when one [worships] Peor and the other [worships] Mercurius.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The Talmud rejects this understanding and gives a simpler meaning of the baraita. The first clause refers to a case where both idolaters worship the same god, and the second refers to those who worship different gods. One who worships Peor can annul the idol of one who worships Mercurius, because both are idolaters. But a ger toshav cannot annul idols because he does not worship them.
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