Deuteronomy 22:5 BSB

Deuteronomy 22:5

A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

BSB

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ASV

A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

KJV

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Letters 61-70 (397)

Now, if you will consider it well, that which nature herself abhors must be incongruous. For why do you not wish to be thought a man, seeing that you are born such? why do you assume an appearance which is foreign to you? why do you play the woman, or you, O woman, the man? Nature clothes each sex in their proper raiment. Moreover in men and women, habits, complexion, gestures, gait, strength and voice are all different.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

To befriend a lawful escape or concealment it may be done, but whether for sport or in the acting of plays is justly questionable. Some think it refers to the idolatrous custom of the Gentiles: in the worship of Venus, women appeared in armour, and men in women's clothes; this, as other such superstitious usages, is here said to be an abomination to the Lord.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

That which pertaineth unto a man - i. e. not only his dress but all that especially pertains distinctively to his sex; arms, domestic and other utensils, etc. The distinction between the sexes is natural and divinely established, and cannot be neglected without indecorum and consequent danger to purity (compare 1Co 11:3-15).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יִהְיֶ֤ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
כְלִי־	khe.li-	[the] garment[s] of	H3627 →
גֶ֙בֶר֙	ge.ver	a man	H1397 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
אִשָּׁ֔ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יִלְבַּ֥שׁ	yil.Bash	he will wear	H3847 →
גֶּ֖בֶר	Ge.ver	a man	H1397 →
שִׂמְלַ֣ת	sim.Lat	[the] clothing of	H8071 →
אִשָּׁ֑ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
כִּ֧י	ki	for	H3588 →
תוֹעֲבַ֛ת	to.'a.Vat	[is] [the] abomination of	H8441 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
עֹ֥שֵׂה	'O.seh	[one who] does	H6213 →
אֵֽלֶּה׃ פ	'E.leh	<of> these [things]	H428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk3

Where the connections lead

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Deuteronomy 18:12
For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
leads to
- Leviticus 18:24
  Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
- Deuteronomy 9:4
  When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD…
- Leviticus 18:27
  For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Deuteronomy

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Deuteronomy