generally; in the last the gēr is contemplated as likely to undergo a complete naturalization; while in ver 45 the tōshābh is regarded as certain to be outside the religious society. In the earlier period marriages with foreigners are common, though disliked (e.g. Gen 24:3; 27:46 ff; Nu 12:1; Jgs 14:3, etc). The Law provides for some unions of this kind (Dt 21:10 ff; cf Nu 31:18), but later Judaism became more stringent. Moses required the high priest to marry a virgin of his own people