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Negative Commandment #236 of 613
Do not crossbreed animals
Commandment #236 — 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
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)
- Category
- Forbidden Mixtures
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #244
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsDiverse Varieties
Related Commandments in “Forbidden Mixtures”
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