Negative Commandment #236 of 613

Do not crossbreed animals

Commandment #236a 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

אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי תִּשְׁמֹרוּ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ לֹא־תַרְבִּיעַ כִּלְאַיִם שָׂדְךָ לֹא־תִזְרַע כִּלְאָיִם וּבֶגֶד כִּלְאַיִם שַׁעַטְנֵז לֹא יַעֲלֶה עָלֶיךָ׃ פ ‬

Greek (Septuagint)

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)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
19

Scholarly References

Parashah
Kedoshim
Sefer HaChinuch
#244
Mishneh Torah
SeedsDiverse Varieties

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