Deuteronomy 22:9-11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:5-12

Here are several laws in these verses which seem to stoop very low, and to take cognizance of things mean and minute. Men's laws commonly do not so: Deut. minimis non curat lex?The law takes no cognizance of little things; but because God's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye and care. And yet the significancy and tendency of these statutes, which seem little, are such that,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:9

Thou shall not sow thy vineyards with divers seeds ,.... As wheat and barley between the rows of the vines; and this is to be understood only of divers sorts of corn, and of divers sorts of herbs, but not of trees; hence we read of a fig tree in a vineyard, Luke 13:6 , and this only respects what is sown with design, and not what is casual, as the Jews interpret it F5 Misn. Celaim, c. 5. sect. 7. ;"if a man passes through a vineyard, and seeds fall from him, or they are carried out... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:10

Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together ,.... They might be used separately, but not together; nor was it uncommon in some countries for asses to be employed in ploughing as well as oxen. Pliny F8 Nat. Hist. l. 17. c. 5. makes mention of some fruitful land in Africa, which when it was dry weather could not be ploughed by oxen, but after showers of rain might be ploughed by a mean little ass; so Leo Africanus F9 Descriptio Africae, l. 2. p. 104. says, the Africans... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:11

Thou shalt 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, "thou shalt not wear sheatnez", a thing that is carded, spun, and wove F12 Misn. Celaim. c. 9. sect. 8. ; 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 Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 11. observes, this was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:9

Divers seeds - See the note on Leviticus 19:19 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:10

Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass - It is generally supposed that mixtures of different sorts in seed, breed, etc., were employed for superstitious purposes, and therefore prohibited in this law. It is more likely, however, that there was a physical reason for this; two beasts of a different species cannot associate comfortably together, and on this ground never pull pleasantly either in cart or plough; and every farmer knows that it is of considerable consequence to the comfort of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:9

Verse 9 Deuteronomy 22:9.Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard. These four precepts, which all condemn strange medleys, I doubt not to be supplements of the First Commandment; and the reason, which is subjoined in Deuteronomy, directs us to this, where God declares that the produce of the seed and of the vineyard is polluted, if there be divers mixtures. Whence it appears that nothing else is demanded but that they should cultivate purity. The word indeed, which Moses uses, means to “sanctify, ” קדש... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

Divine care for sexual honor. In these, as in so many of the precepts of this book, we find civil precepts invested with religious sanctions. Nothing is more important for the honorable maintenance of social life, than that both men and women should honor each other's sex as well as their own. Those that do otherwise are an abomination to the Lord their God. There are five or six different cases supposed in the verses referred to at the heading of this Homily: Such sins would have been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:6-12

The minutiae of conduct. The Law descends to very slight points of conduct. It keeps in view that character is made up of the result of our actions in the million trivial details of life. "Trifles," said Michael Angelo, when a friend thus characterized the slight finishing touches he was giving to a statue—"trifles make perfection." Matters which in themselves are of little moment acquire importance from the associations they awaken, the ideas they suggest, the consequences they lead up... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:8-12

Linsey-woolseys. The different directions here given may be reduced to one idea, that of genuineness . The houses were to be substantial edifices, not endangering the lives of others by defective buildings or deficient battlements. The vineyards were to be sown with pure seed, that the plants might have a fair chance of growing luxuriantly. The ploughing was not to be done by an ox and ass together, for though the oxen are so small in Palestine as to be yokeable with an ass, the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:5-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:6-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:8-12

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