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Leviticus 19

Lev. 19:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye shall keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
my statutes
chuqqah (Hebrew #2708)
feminine of 2706, and meaning substantially the same
KJV usage: appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
Pronounce: khook-kaw'
. Thouo shalt not let thy cattle
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
gender
raba` (Hebrew #7250)
to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation
KJV usage: let gender, lie down.
Pronounce: raw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
with a diverse kind
kil'ayim (Hebrew #3610)
two heterogeneities
KJV usage: divers seeds (-e kinds), mingled (seed).
Pronounce: kil-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 3608 in the original sense of separation
: thou shalt not sow
zara` (Hebrew #2232)
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
KJV usage: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
Pronounce: zaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
thy field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
with mingled seed
kil'ayim (Hebrew #3610)
two heterogeneities
KJV usage: divers seeds (-e kinds), mingled (seed).
Pronounce: kil-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 3608 in the original sense of separation
: neither shall a garment
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
mingled
kil'ayim (Hebrew #3610)
two heterogeneities
KJV usage: divers seeds (-e kinds), mingled (seed).
Pronounce: kil-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 3608 in the original sense of separation
of linen and woollen
sha`atnez (Hebrew #8162)
linsey- woolsey, i.e. cloth of linen and wool carded and spun together
KJV usage: garment of divers sorts, linen and wollen.
Pronounce: shah-at-naze'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
come
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
upon thee.
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Deut. 22:9‑11• 9Thou 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.
 10Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
 11Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. (Deut. 22:9‑11)

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Cattle,
Garments,
Linen,
Seed,
Sower; Sowing,
Wool

Cross References

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thy cattle gender.These practices might have been considered as altering the original constitution of God in creation; and this is the view which the Jews, and also Josephus and Philo, take of the subject.
There were, probably, also both moral and political reasons for these prohibitions.
With respect to heterogenous mixtures among cattle, it was probably forbidden, to prevent excitements to the abominations condemned in the preceding chapter.
As to seeds, in many cases, it would be highly improper to sow different kinds in the same plot of ground. If oats and wheat, for instance, were sown together, the latter would be injured, and the former ruined.
This prohibition may therefore be regarded as a prudential agricultural maxim.
As to different kinds of garments, the prohibition might be intended against pride and vanity in clothing.
Gen. 36:24• 24And 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. (Gen. 36:24)
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2 Sam. 13:29• 29And 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 Sam. 13:29)
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2 Sam. 18:9• 9And 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. (2 Sam. 18:9)
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1 Kings 1:33• 33The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: (1 Kings 1:33)
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Ezra 2:66• 66Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; (Ezra 2:66)
mingled.
Deut. 22:9‑11• 9Thou 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.
 10Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
 11Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. (Deut. 22:9‑11)
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Matt. 9:16‑17• 16No 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.
 17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. (Matt. 9:16‑17)
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Rom. 11:6• 6And 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. (Rom. 11:6)
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2 Cor. 6:14‑17• 14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
 15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
 16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Cor. 6:14‑17)
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Gal. 3:9‑11• 9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
 10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
 11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. (Gal. 3:9‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My statutes shall ye observe. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with another sort; thou shalt not sow thy field with seed of two sorts; and a garment woven of two materials shall not come upon thee.