Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts. The essence of the crime (Zephaniah 1:8) consisted, not in wearing a woolen and a linen robe, nor in the two stuffs being woven together-for some portions of the high priest's robes were so interwoven-but in doing them in a particular form, according to a favourite superstition of ancient idolaters (see the note at Leviticus 19:19).

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