John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 22:11

"Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together." — Deuteronomy 22:11 (ASV)

You shall 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, "you shall not wear sheatnez", a thing that is carded, spun, and wove ^F12 ; which Ainsworth translates "linsie woolsie", and is explained by what follows: as "of woollen and linen together"; of which (See Gill on Leviticus 19:19).

Whereas Josephus ^F13 observes, this was granted to the priests only to wear such garments. Bochart ^F14 affirms it to be false; but that great man is mistaken; the blue, purple, and scarlet, in the priests' garments, were no other than dyed wool.

And it is a sentiment generally received by the Jews, that the priests wore no other but woollen and linen in their service; see the note on the above place; otherwise this law is so strictly observed, as not, to sew a woollen garment with linen thread, and so on the contrary ^F15 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F12: Misn. Celaim. c. 9. sect. 8.
• F13: Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 11.
• F14: Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 45. col. 491.
• F15: Leo Modena's History of Rites l. 1. c. 5.