Талмуд к Йехезкэля 2:3

Rebbi Eleazar and Rebbi Jehudah. One said, they were exiles only when they were uncircumcised³⁴¹After a digression, one returns to the Ten Tribes.. The other said, they were exiled only when they were bastards. He who says uncircumcised, for circumcision and commandments³⁴²The question is whether people suspected of being descendants of the Ten Tribes, who did not join in the return of Judeans and who clearly will not follow rabbinic rules for marriage and divorce, can be allowed to marry rabbinic Jewish partners. The first opinion states that while they cannot be expected to follow biblical commandments, they are eligible as marriage partners once their Israelite identity is ascertained or they undergo regular conversion (even if this is intrinsically futile for descendants of Jews in the female line.). But he who says bastards, from their fathers³⁴³In this opinion, all descendants of the Ten Tribes are barred from marrying Jewish partners other than bastards or proselytes.. Rebbi Joḥanan said, Israel was exiled only after they formed 24 heretical sects. What is the reason? Son of man, I am sending you to the Children of Israel, to rebellious peoples who rebelled against Me³⁴⁴Ez. 2:3.. It is not written “to a rebellious people” but to rebellious peoples who rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have acted criminally against Me up to this day. Rebbi Berekhia and Rebbi Ḥelbo in the name of Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman. Israel was exiled to three diasporas³⁴⁵Since each tribe is called גּוֹי “a people” (Gen. 35:11), the plural implies that it counts for at least two, for a total of at least 24. Possibly this is a take-off on the multiplicity of Christian sects.: one inside the river Sanbation³⁴⁶A river which stops flowing on the Sabbath. Plinius, Hist. nat. XXXI,2; Sanhedrin 65b; Gen. rabba 11(6),73(5); Pesiqta rabbati 23 [ed. Ish-Shalom Note 79]., one to Daphne of Antiochia³⁴⁷Site of an Aphrodite shrine of famously ill repute. Cf. Note 343., and one on whom the Cloud³⁴⁸The Divine Cloud of Exodus (Ex.14:19) and Temple (1K. 8:10–11). descended and covered them. Just as they were exiled to three diasporas, so the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasse were exiled into three diasporas. What is the reason? You went in the way of your sister and I gave her cup into your hand³⁴⁹Ez. 23:31.. So when they return, they will return from three diasporas. What is the reason? ³⁵⁰Is. 49:9.To tell the prisoners, leave, those who were exiled inside the river Sanbation; those in darkness, become visible, those upon whom the Cloud descended and covered them; on the roads they are grazing and on all plains is their pasturage, those who were exiled to Daphne of Antiochia.