Such mixtures are forbidden, as not only in themselves contrary to the divinely appointed order of nature, but as opening the door to the unnatural sins mentioned in Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26 : see on Deuteronomy 22:5. There may be an allusion here to the practice of magic, in which unnatural mixtures played an important part.
Verse Leviticus 19:19. _GENDER WITH A DIVERSE KIND_] These precepts taken literally seem to imply that they should not permit the _horse_ and the _she-ass_, nor the _he-ass_ and the _cow_, (as they d...
LINEN AND WOOLEN - The original word is found only here and in Deuteronomy 22:11, where it is rendered “of divers sorts.” It may denote such tissues as linsey woolsey....
2. DIFFERENT DUTIES CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Honoring parents and fearing God (Leviticus 19:1)_ 2. The care of the poor (Leviticus 19:9) 3. Against stealing and lying (Leviticus 19:11) 4
HOLINESS IN FARM LIFE AND BETWEEN THE SEXES. Hybrids are forbidden; a rule which, with its curious extensions, is found in Deuteronomy 22:9 f.; but contrast 2 Samuel 13:29; 1 Kings 10:25;...
DIVERSE KIND. Everything created "after his kind". See note on Genesis 1:11. a deep, moral, and spiritual lesson is contained in this prohibition. MINGLED. Another lesson here as to mingling the clean...
Miscellaneous precepts in reference to the various circumstances of every-day life....
Prohibition of improper mixtures. Apparently the precept was based upon the view that each individual, animate or inanimate, had individual qualities assigned by the Creator, and that to mix them was...
VARIOUS ORDINANCES 19:19-29 TEXT 19:19-29 19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall t...
_YE SHALL KEEP MY STATUTES. THOU SHALT NOT LET THY CATTLE GENDER WITH A DIVERSE KIND: THOU SHALT NOT SOW THY FIELD WITH MINGLED SEED: NEITHER SHALL A GARMENT MINGLED OF LINEN AND WOOLLEN COME UPON THE...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
YE SHALL KEEP MY STATUTES — that is, the following ordinances, which though not of the same high moral nature as the precepts laid down in the preceding verses, are yet necessary to attain to holiness...
אֶֽת ־חֻקֹּתַי֮ תִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ לֹא ־תַרְבִּ֣יעַ...
THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired redactor of the c...
The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was, first,...
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a (g) diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon...
Kind. Mules were therefore either brought from other countries, (3 Kings x. 28,) or they were produced by some of the same species, as, good authors assert, is frequently the case in Syria, Cappadocia...
Certainly there is a spiritual meaning in this prohibition of mingling seed, and of wearing a motly garment. The question is what is it? Perhaps, (for I do not take upon me to decide) the mystical int...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20. Chapter s 19, 20, carry us somewhat farther. They were to be holy, for Jehovah was holy. Chapter 19 takes up rather the side of good, though keepin...
YE SHALL KEEP MY STATUTES,.... Those which follow, and which are of a different sort from what are last mentioned, of a moral nature, and are planted in the heart, as Aben Ezra says; are agreeably to...
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee...
_Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender_ This was prohibited, partly to restrain the curiosity and boldness of men, who might attempt to amend or change the works of God; partly that by the restraint he...
1 A repetition of sundry Lawes. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say vnto them, [NOTE: Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Pet...
MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (VV. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times. Bu...
YE SHALL KEEP MY STATUTES; either, 1. My laws. So this is fitly premised, because otherwise some of the following commands might seem trifling, and obedience to them unnecessary. Or, 2. My ordinances...
Leviticus 19:19 keep H8104 (H8799) statutes H2708 livestock H929 breed H7250 (H8686) kind H3610 sow H2232 ...
FURTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR GOD'S PEOPLE. The Non-mixing of Kinds (Leviticus 19:19). We have already had cause to see in Leviticus 11 the principle of the separation of living things, now this is more...
CONTENTS: Further laws concerning proper relationships. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God's people being distinguished from all other people by a peculiar relationship with Him through Christ,...
The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
_A garment mingled of linen and woollen._ UNNATURAL COMMIXTURES Most probably the reference is to different materials, interwoven in the yarn of which the dress was made; but a difficulty still remai...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:1__ The Lord strongly commands the people (including the priests) to become holy in their practice, as he is holy (v. Leviticus 19:2). They do this by observi
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:19 Two different kinds of domesticated animals are not to be crossbred, and two types of CLOTH are not to be woven together. Ceremonial holiness requires that things sta...
Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2.—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus does this...
EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series of laws and commandments against other kinds of imm...
Now God continues in this same vein, as He moves into chapter nineteen. Speak unto all of the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am ho...
1 Kings 1:33; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Samuel 13:29; 2 Samuel 18:9;...
Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender — This was prohibited, partly to restrain the curiosity and boldness of men, who might attempt to amend or change the works of God, partly that by the restraint he...