The “one law for all” notion is false. The HRM makes a great deal of the position of the foreigner that dwelt among the Israelites (Ex 12:48-49),[13] but seems to conveniently forget what the NT teaches about the difference between Jews and Gentiles (e.g., Acts 15, where Gentiles are required to observe only four basic universal ethical norms, not the Torah; or Gal 5:3, where it is indicated that if a man is circumcised [by the context we know that it refers to a Gentile], he is obliged to keep the whole law; Gal 4:10, where it is considered that returning to the observance of specific dates
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