* Ammonite.
   These nations were subjected for their impiety, wickedness,
   and enmity to Israel, (ver. 4, 5,) to peculiar disgrace; and
   on this account were not permitted to hold any office among
   the Israelites.  This did not, however, disqualify them from
   becoming proselytes; for Ruth, who was a Moabitess, was
   married to Boaz, and became one of the progenitors of our
   Lord.
 
  Ru 4:6,10-22  Ne 4:3,7  13:1,2,23  Isa 56:3