Commentary for Yevamot 153:8

אמר עולא א"ר יוחנן בת גר עמוני כשרה לכהונה א"ל רבא בר עולא לעולא כמאן אי כר' יהודה הא אמר בת גר זכר כבת חלל זכר ואי כרבי יוסי פשיטא הא אמר אף גר שנשא גיורת בתו כשרה לכהונה

were said concerning me and you.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Divine providence which permitted Ammonite and Moabite women to enter the assembly has saved them from being excluded from the congregation of Israel. ');">²⁸</span> Raba made the following exposition: What was meant by the Scriptural text, <i>Then said I: 'Lo, I am come with the roll of a book which is prescribed for me'</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XL. 8. ');">²⁹</span> David said,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he was anointed king. ');">³⁰</span> 'I thought I have come<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the kingship. ');">³¹</span>

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