“These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.”
These men are friendly toward us, they said. Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours. The economic argument made to the citizens — land, trade, room — is the pitch for the policy. The application: the pitch to a community for a significant change is made in terms of community benefit, not personal desire.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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