The Gemara challenges this assertion: But is robbery from a gentile permitted? Isn't it taught in a baraita: Rabbi Shimon said that Rabbi Akiva taught this matter when he came from Zephirin: From where is it derived that it is prohibited to rob a gentile? It is from the fact that the verse states with regard to a Jew who has been sold as a slave to a gentile: "After he is sold he may be redeemed" (Leviticus 25:48),
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shelo' yimeshekhenv veyetse'. yakhvol yigelvom 'alayv? talemvd lvomar: "vehishav 'im konehv" - yedakedek 'im kvonehv!
indicating that one should not take a Hebrew slave by force and thereby allow him to leave the gentile's jurisdiction. Rather, the Jew must be freed by legal means. One might have thought that it is permitted to deceive him in order to free the Jew. Therefore, the verse states: "And he shall reckon with him that bought him" (Leviticus 25:50), in order to teach that one must be precise in the financial dealings with the purchaser of a Hebrew slave, and one must pay him the appropriate sum without employing any form of deception. This indicates that it is prohibited to steal from a gentile.
'amar rav yvosef: la' kasheya'; ha', vegvoy, ha' veger tvoshav.
The Gemara answers that Rav Yosef said: It is not difficult, as this ruling that permits the court to deceive a gentile is issued with regard to a regular gentile, whereas that verse, which teaches that it is prohibited to deceive a gentile, is stated with regard to a gentile who resides in Eretz Yisrael and observes the seven Noahide mitzvot [ger toshav].
'amar leyh 'avayey, veha' tarevayeyhv gavey hadadey khetiyviy: lo' lekha, 'ela' leger - shene'emar: "leger". velo' leger tsedek, 'ela' leger tvoshav - shene'emar: "leger tvoshav".
Abaye said to Rav Yosef: How is it possible to differentiate between a gentile and a ger toshav? Aren't both of them written next to each other, indicating that the same halakha pertains to both? As it is taught in a baraita: One who violates the prohibitions of the Sabbatical Year will be punished by having to resort to selling himself as a slave. And he will sell himself not to you, but to a stranger, as it is stated: "And sell himself unto the stranger" (Leviticus 25:47), and not to a stranger who is a convert, but to a ger toshav, as it is stated: "And sell himself unto the stranger who is a settler [ger toshav] with you" (Leviticus 25:47).
"mishefahat ger" - zeh hagvoy; kheshehv' 'vomer: "'vo le'eker" - ze
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