Leviticus 19:19

Leviticus 19:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Keep my decrees. “ ‘Do not mate different kinds of animals. “ ‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. “ ‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you.

Context of Leviticus 19:19

17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him. 18You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric. 20“‘When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free. 21He must bring his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, a guilt offering ram,

Leviticus 19:19 word by word

אֶֽת־חֻקֹּתַי֮ תִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ לֹא־תַרְבִּ֣יעַ כִּלְאַ֔יִם שָׂדְךָ֖ לֹא־תִזְרַ֣ע כִּלְאָ֑יִם וּבֶ֤גֶד כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז לֹ֥א יַעֲלֶ֖ה עָלֶֽיךָ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• my statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• Thou shalt not let thy cattleבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• genderרָבַעrâba‛ · to mateH7250
• with a diverse kindכִּלְאַיִםkil'ayim · mixtureH3610
• thou shalt not sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• thy fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• neither shall a garmentבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• of linen and woollenשַׁעַטְנֵזsha‛aţnêz · mixed stuffH8162
• comeעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:19

• Genesis 36:24These were the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah (who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon).
• 2 Samuel 13:29So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king’s sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.
• 2 Samuel 18:9Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.
• 1 Kings 1:33and he told them, “Take your master’s servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.
• Ezra 2:66and 736 horses, 245 mules,
• Deuteronomy 22:9You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the entire yield, both of the seed you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled.
• Matthew 9:16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.
• Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
• 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
• Galatians 3:9So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Gender 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 do in the East), to couple together; nor sow different kinds of seeds in the same field or garden; nor have garments of silk and woolen, cotton and silk, linen and wool, etc. And if all these were forbidden, there must have been some moral reason for the prohibitions, because domestic economy…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Linen 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19two kinds: God created a natural order (Genesis 1:31; see Leviticus 18:22). People violate it when they do not honor God's boundaries. The prohibitions against intermixing served as lessons for the Israelites, who were not to intermarry with the Canaanites.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind--This prohibition was probably intended to discourage a practice which seemed to infringe upon the economy which God has established in the animal kingdom. thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed--This also was directed against an idolatrous practice, namely, that of the ancient Zabians, or fire-worshippers, who sowed different seeds, accompanying the act with magical rites and…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 19:19

• Agriculture
• Animals
• Hybridizing
• Linen
• Obedience
• Seed
• Wool

In the dictionaries

• Beast
• Corner
• Dead
• Deal
• Divers
• Dress
• Gender
• Husband
• Mar
• Mule

Commentaries on Leviticus 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings