thy vineyard which in Palestine is frequently so planted that there is room for the growth of vegetables, etc., between the vines. Leviticus 19:19, thy field. Why D mentions only vineyardis not explicable. The inference that his law is later than that in Lev. (Dillm.) is unjustified. More probably the wider term is the later correcting the narrower.

two kinds Only here and Leviticus 19:19. The Heb. implies mutually exclusivekinds.

whole fruit Right; for the Heb., the fulness, means not the overflow (so Ges. as in Exodus 22:29 (28)) but the whole ultimate contents of the vineyard, as the rest of the v. explains.

be forfeited Lit. as R.V. margin, consecrated, separated unto Jehovah and His sanctuary like things under the ban (Joshua 6:19); proof that the prohibited mixture was regarded as a religious, i.e. a ritual, offence.

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