Commentary for Yevamot 153:4

כתנאי עמוני ולא עמונית מואבי ולא מואבית דברי רבי יהודה רבי שמעון אומר (דברים כג, ה) על דבר אשר לא קדמו אתכם בלחם ובמים דרכו של איש לקדם וכו'

however, still remains! — The following<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. BaH. a.l. ');">¹³</span> interpretation was given: All glorious is the king's daughter within.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XLV, 14. Respectable women remain at home and do not go into the open road even to meet members of their own sex. No blame, therefore, is attached to the Ammonite and Moabite women for not meeting the Israelites with bread and with water. Cf. Deut. XXIII, 5. ');">¹⁴</span> In the West<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Palestine. ');">¹⁵</span> it was explained. others quote it in the name of R. Isaac: Scripture said, And they said unto him: 'Where is Sarah thy wife?' etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen XVIII, 9, and he answered, 'Behold in the tent'. Sarah remained indoors attending to the duties of her household, though there were visitors whom Abraham was entertaining in the open under the tree (ibid. 4). ');">¹⁶</span>

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