Contradiction with Genesis 19:36-38
This passage recounts the origins of the Moabites, from whom Ruth descends, depicting their ancestry as arising from incest, contrasting with the positive portrayal of Ruth in Ruth 4:12.
Genesis 19:36-38: Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 23:3
This verse states that no Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD, which contradicts the blessing over Ruth (a Moabite) to become part of the lineage of Israel in Ruth 4:12.
Deuteronomy 23:3: An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
Contradiction with Ezra 9:1-2
This passage condemns marriages with foreign women including Moabites, contrasting with the celebrated union and offspring of Boaz and Ruth in Ruth 4:12.
Ezra 9:1-2: Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Contradiction with Nehemiah 13:1
This verse reinforces the exclusion of Moabites, opposing the integration and honor given to Ruth in Ruth 4:12.
Nehemiah 13:1: On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; [they...: Heb. there was read] [audience: Heb. ears]