Commentary for Bava Kamma 226:2

אמר רב יוסף לא קשיא הא בכנעני הא בגר תושב

to emphasise that he must be very precise in making the valuation with him who had bought him.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Now does this not conclusively prove that the robbery of whomsoever, without any exception, is a crime? ');">³</span> — Said R. Joseph: There is no difficulty, here [where the exception is made it refers] only to a heathen, whereas there [is indeed no exception] in the case of a <i>Ger Toshab</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], Lit., 'a stranger-settler,' a resident alien of a different race and of a different religion, since he respects the covenant of the law made by God with all the children of Noah, i.e., the Seven Commandments forming the elementary principles of civilised humanity, he is a citizen enjoying all the rights and privileges of civil law. ');">⁴</span>

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