Deuteronomy 22:11
in Deuteronomy 22Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.
KJV
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts,.... The Jews say nothing is forbidden under the name of sorts but what is spun and wove, as it is said, "thou shalt not wear sheatnez", a thing that is carded, spun, and wove (l); which Ainsworth translates "linsie woolsie", and is explained by what follows: as "of woollen and linen together"; of which See Gill on Lev 19:19, whereas Josephus (m) observes, this was granted to the priests only to wear such garments.
This site's exposition
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds
on Deuteronomy 22:9-12
Divers seeds in a vineyard, an ox and an ass under one yoke, wool and linen in one garment, and then fringes on the four quarters of the vesture. The first three keep kinds distinct and the text gives no reason for any of them, which is also how Leviticus 19:19 leaves them. Numbers 15:38-40 does explain the fringes, as a reminder of the commandments, and Matthew 9:20 and 14:36 have people reaching for the hem of Jesus' garment.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
He states, Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 187 Verse. The same law applies to all diverse species of animals. It is an explanatory commandment of the prohibitions, Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind, 182 Leviticus:19.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִלְבַּשׁ֙ | tilbash | you will wear | H3847 → | |
| שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז | shaatnez | mixed stuff | H8162 → | |
| צֶ֥מֶר | tzemer | wool | H6785 → | |
| וּפִשְׁתִּ֖ים | ufishtim | and linen<s> | H6593 → | |
| יַחְדָּֽו׃ ס | yachdav | together | H3162 → | 141 times |
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תִלְבַּשׁ֙you will wear
tilbashH3847 →
שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔זmixed stuff
shaatnezH8162 →
צֶ֥מֶרwool
tzemerH6785 →
וּפִשְׁתִּ֖יםand linen<s>
ufishtimH6593 →
יַחְדָּֽו׃ סtogether
yachdavH3162 →141 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 19:19You 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…
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–17
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
- Deuteronomy 22:9–11
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.
- Matthew 9:16–17
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
- Galatians 3:9–11
So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
- 2 Samuel 13:29
So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–17
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.