Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’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. New Living Translation “You must obey all my decrees. “Do not mate two different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven from two different kinds of thread. English Standard Version “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. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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 King James Version ‘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. New American Standard Bible ‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not cross-breed two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment of two kinds of material mixed together. NASB 1995 ‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together. NASB 1977 ‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together. Legacy Standard Bible ‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together. Amplified Bible ‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear clothing of two kinds of material mixed together. Christian Standard Bible “You are to keep my statutes. Do not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material. Holman Christian Standard Bible You are to keep My statutes. You must not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material.” American Standard Version 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 there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. Contemporary English Version Breed your livestock animals only with animals of the same kind, and don't plant two kinds of seed in the same field or wear clothes made of different kinds of material. English Revised Version 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 there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Obey my laws. Never crossbreed different kinds of animals. Never plant two kinds of crops in your field. Never wear clothes made from two kinds of material. Good News Translation "Obey my commands. Do not crossbreed domestic animals. Do not plant two kinds of seed in the same field. Do not wear clothes made of two kinds of material. International Standard Version "Observe my statutes. "You are not to let your cattle breed with a different species. "You are not to sow your fields with two different kinds of seeds. "You are not to wear clothing made from two different kinds of material. Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible 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. New Heart English Bible "'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon you a garment made of two kinds of material. Webster's Bible Translation Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle engender with a diverse kind: Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee. World English Bible “‘You shall keep my statutes. “‘You shall not cross-breed different kinds of animals. “‘You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; “‘Don’t wear a garment made of two kinds of material. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou keep My statutes. You do not cause your livestock to mate [with] two kinds; you do not sow your field with two kinds; and a garment of two kinds, mixed material, does not go up on you. Young's Literal Translation My statutes ye do keep: thy cattle thou dost not cause to gender with diverse kinds; thy field thou dost not sow with diverse kinds, and a garment of diverse kinds, shaatnez, doth not go up upon thee. Smith's Literal Translation My laws shall ye watch: thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with two diverse kinds: thy field thou shalt not sow with two diverse kinds; and a garment of two diverse kinds (of linen and woolen) shall not come upon thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleKeep ye my laws. Thou shalt not make thy cattle to gender with beasts of any other kind. Thou shalt not sow thy field with different seeds. Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of two sorts. Catholic Public Domain Version Observe my laws. You shall not cause your cattle to breed with other kinds of animals. You shall not sow your field with diverse seeds. You shall not be clothed with a garment which has been woven from two things. New American Bible Keep my statutes: do not breed any of your domestic animals with others of a different species; do not sow a field of yours with two different kinds of seed; and do not put on a garment woven with two different kinds of thread. New Revised Standard Version You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your animals breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; nor shall you put on a garment made of two different materials. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a diverse kind; you shall not sow your field with mixed seed; neither shall you wear a mantle made of mixed materials. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Keep my commands; you shall not breed your cattle by mixture and do not sow your field by mixture and you shall not put on a cloak of mixtures that are mixed. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Ye 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 there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. Brenton Septuagint Translation Ye shall observe my law: thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with one of a different kind, and thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed; and thou shalt not put upon thyself a mingled garment woven of two materials. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Keep My Decrees19 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. 20If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.… Cross References 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. / Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together. / Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together. Genesis 1:11-12 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. / The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:24-25 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. / God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Deuteronomy 14:1-2 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead, / for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. Exodus 23:19 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. Exodus 34:26 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... 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. / Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? / Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth. 1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. Galatians 5:9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough. James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. 1 Peter 1:14-16 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. / But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” Treasury of Scripture You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle engender with a diverse kind: you shall not sow your field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come on you. Genesis 36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 2 Samuel 13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled. 2 Samuel 18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. mingled Deuteronomy 22:9-11 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled… Matthew 9:16,17 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse… Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. Jump to Previous Animals Breed Cattle Different Diverse Field Garment Gender Kind Kinds Linen Material Mingled Seed Sow Statutes Stuff Together WoolenJump to Next Animals Breed Cattle Different Diverse Field Garment Gender Kind Kinds Linen Material Mingled Seed Sow Statutes Stuff Together WoolenLeviticus 19 1. A repetition of various lawsYou are to keep My statutes. This command emphasizes the importance of obedience to God's laws, which were given to the Israelites as part of the covenant relationship established at Mount Sinai. The statutes are divine decrees meant to set Israel apart as a holy nation. This phrase underscores the broader biblical theme of holiness and separation from pagan practices, as seen in Exodus 19:5-6, where God calls Israel to be a "kingdom of priests and a holy nation." The call to keep God's statutes is a recurring theme throughout the Pentateuch, highlighting the covenantal relationship between God and His people. 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. Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai, including the laws in Leviticus. 2. Israelites The chosen people of God to whom these laws were given, as they were being formed into a distinct nation set apart for God's purposes. 3. Mount Sinai The place where God delivered the Law to Moses, including the statutes found in Leviticus. 4. Canaan The land promised to the Israelites, where they were to live according to God's laws and be a holy nation. 5. Tabernacle The dwelling place of God among the Israelites, symbolizing His presence and the need for holiness. Teaching Points Holiness and SeparationThe command to not mix different kinds of livestock, seeds, or fabrics symbolizes the call for the Israelites to be distinct and separate from the surrounding nations. This principle of separation is a call for believers today to live lives that are distinct in purity and holiness. Obedience to God's Statutes The verse emphasizes the importance of adhering to God's commands, even in seemingly small or mundane matters. This teaches us that every aspect of our lives should be submitted to God's will. Symbolism of Purity The prohibition against mixing different kinds of materials can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual purity. Believers are called to maintain purity in their thoughts, actions, and relationships. Respect for Divine Order The laws reflect God's order in creation. Respecting this order is a way of honoring God and acknowledging His sovereignty over all aspects of life. Practical Holiness The specific instructions in Leviticus 19:19 remind us that holiness is not just a spiritual concept but involves practical, everyday decisions that reflect our commitment to God.(19) 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. The Holy God has made everything "after its kind" (Genesis 1:11-12; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:24-25, &c.), and has thus established a physical distinction in the order of His creation. For man to bring about a union of dissimilar things is to bring about a dissolution of the Divine laws and to act contrary to the ordinances of Him who is holy, and to whose holiness we are to attain. Cattle gender with a diverse kind.--Such commixtures would not only contravene the Divine order of things, but would lessen the abhorrence of the crime prohibited in Leviticus 18:22-23. The use, however, of animals produced from such mixtures was not forbidden. Hence we find that mules were largely employed by the Jews (2Samuel 13:29; 2Samuel 18:9; 1Kings 1:33; 1Kings 1:38; 1Kings 10:25; 1Kings 18:5; Ezra 2:66, &c.). These hybrids were either the issue of parents voluntarily coming together without the aid of the Israelites, or were imported from other countries. This law is binding upon the Jews to this day in every country where they happen to live, whether in Palestine or out of it. . . . Verse 19. - Ye shall keep my statutes. Having arrived at the general conclusion, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, in the previous verse, the legislator pauses, and then presents a collection of further laws, arranged as before in no special order. The first is a mystical injunction against the confusion of things which are best kept apart, illustrated in three subjects - diverse kinds of cattle in breeding, mingled seeds in sowing a field, and mixed materials in garments. In Deuteronomy 22:10, a fresher illustration is added, "Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together." The existence of mules, which we find frequently mentioned in the' later history (2 Samuel 13:29; 2 Samuel 18:9; 1 Kings 1:33), may be accounted for by supposing that the positive precept with regard to breeding cattle here laid down was transgressed, or that the mules were imported from abroad (see 1 Kings 10:25). The word used here and in Deuteronomy 22:11 for a garment mingled of linen and woolen, is shaatenez, an Egyptian word, meaning probably mixed. The difficulty raised on this verse by the allegation that the high priest's dress was made of mixed materials, is met by the answer that, if it were of mixed materials (which is uncertain, for wool is not mentioned in Exodus 28, nor is it quite determined that shesh means linen), the mixture was not such as is here forbidden. The moral meaning of the whole of this injunction is exhibited in the following passages from the New Testament, "Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils" (1 Corinthians 10:21). "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?" (2 Corinthians 6:14-16). "He cannot love the Lord Jesus with his heart," says Hooker, "who lendeth one ear to his apostles and another to false teachers, and who can brook to see a mingle-mangle of religion and superstition' ('Serm.' 5:7, quoted by Wordsworth).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You are to keepתִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒ (tiš·mō·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to My statutes. חֻקֹּתַי֮ (ḥuq·qō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute You shall not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no crossbreed תַרְבִּ֣יעַ (ṯar·bî·a‘) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7250: To squat, lie out flat, in copulation two different kinds כִּלְאַ֔יִם (kil·’a·yim) Noun - md Strong's 3610: Two heterogeneities of livestock; בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ (bə·hem·tə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal you shall not sow תִזְרַ֣ע (ṯiz·ra‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify your fields שָׂדְךָ֖ (śā·ḏə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land with two kinds כִּלְאָ֑יִם (kil·’ā·yim) Noun - md Strong's 3610: Two heterogeneities of seed; יַעֲלֶ֖ה (ya·‘ă·leh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively and you shall not wear עָלֶֽיךָ׃ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against clothing וּבֶ֤גֶד (ū·ḇe·ḡeḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage made of two kinds כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙ (kil·’a·yim) Noun - md Strong's 3610: Two heterogeneities of material. שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז (ša·‘aṭ·nêz) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8162: Linsey-woolsey Links Leviticus 19:19 NIVLeviticus 19:19 NLT Leviticus 19:19 ESV Leviticus 19:19 NASB Leviticus 19:19 KJV Leviticus 19:19 BibleApps.com Leviticus 19:19 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 19:19 Chinese Bible Leviticus 19:19 French Bible Leviticus 19:19 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 19:19 You shall keep my statutes (Le Lv Lev.) |
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