Deuteronomy 22:11
9 Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled —both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
10 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
12 You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
- KJV
- Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
- WEB
- You shall not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt not wear a garment of mixed material, [woven] of wool and linen together.
- BLB
- You shall not wear mixed material, wool and linen mixed together.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke gå med klær av ulikt tøy, ull og lin sammen.
- OTB
- Ikke bær klær laget av ull og lin vevd sammen.
- B1930
- Du skal ikke gå med klær av ulikt tøi, ull og lin sammen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 19:19
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
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