Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 117:4

מיתיבי היה ר"מ אומר מניין שאפילו עובד כוכבים ועוסק בתורה שהוא ככהן גדול שנאמר (ויקרא יח, ה) אשר יעשה אותם האדם וחי בהם כהנים לוים וישראלים לא נאמר אלא האדם הא למדת שאפילו עובד כוכבים ועוסק בתורה הרי הוא ככהן גדול

Then why is this not included in the Noachian laws? — On the reading <i>morasha</i> [an inheritance] he steals it; on the reading <i>me'orasah</i> [betrothed], <font>he is guilty as one who violates a betrothed maiden</font>, who is stoned.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Pes. 49b two opinions on the reading of this verse are recorded. One view is that it should be read, Moses commanded us a law for an inheritance (morasha [H]), in accordance with the Scriptural text. Another version is Moses commanded us a law for a betrothal (reading me'orasah [H]=[H] i.e., as something betrothed, consecrated to us, from [H]= [H]). On the first view, this prohibition is included in that of robbery; on the second, in that of adultery. ');">⁴</span>

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