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Negative Commandment #234 of 613
Do not plant diverse seeds together
Commandment #234 — a prohibition from Leviticus 19:19, classified under Forbidden Mixtures in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'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.”
— Leviticus 19:19
Hebrew
יט אֶת-חֻקֹּתַי, תִּשְׁמֹרוּ--בְּהֶמְתְּךָ לֹא-תַרְבִּיעַ כִּלְאַיִם, שָׂדְךָ לֹא-תִזְרַע כִּלְאָיִם; וּבֶגֶד כִּלְאַיִם שַׁעַטְנֵז, לֹא יַעֲלֶה עָלֶיךָ.
Greek (Septuagint)
19 Τὸν νόμον μου φυλάξεσθε· τὰ κτήνη σου οὐ κατοχεύσεις ἑτεροζύγῳ καὶ τὸν ἀμπελῶνά σου οὐ κατασπερεῖς διάφορον καὶ ἱμάτιον ἐκ δύο ὑφασμένον κίβδηλον οὐκ ἐπιβαλεῖς σεαυτῷ.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Forbidden Mixtures
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #245
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsDiverse Varieties
Related Commandments in “Forbidden Mixtures”
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