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You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard.
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A Lesson in Holy Separation
Commentators like Calvin and Ellicott explain that this law was not merely agricultural advice. It was a tangible symbol of a deeper spiritual principle: Israel was to be a holy people, separate from the corrupting influences of other nations. By avoiding improper mixtures in their fields, they were trained to avoid improper mixtures in their worship and lifestyle, maintaining their unique identity as God's people.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the marginal reference. The prohibition of Deuteronomy 22:10 was also dictated by compassion. The ox and the donkey, being of such differen…
19th Century
Anglican
These precepts appear also in Leviticus 19:19, more briefly.
16th Century
Protestant
You shall not sow your vineyard. These four precepts, which all condemn strange mixtures, I do not doubt are supplements to the First Comm…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall not sow your vineyards with divers seeds As wheat and barley between the rows of the vines; and this is to…
God's providence extends to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do likewise, so that even in these small matters we may live in the fear of the …
