Leviticus 19:19 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:11-36

Integrity. The Jews have always been considered a cunning and crafty race; they have been credited with a willingness to overreach in business dealings. Men would rather have transactions with others than with them, lest they should find themselves worsted in the bargain. This suspicion may be well founded; but if it be so, it ought to be remembered that it is the consequence of the long and cruel disadvantages under which they have suffered, and is not clue to anything in their own blood... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:18-34

We have the testimony of our Lord ( Matthew 22:9 ) and of the Apostle St. Paul ( Romans 13:9 ; Galatians 5:14 ) that to obey the injunction, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself," is to fulfill all the commandments of the second table of the Law; and for that reason St. James calls it a royal law ( James 2:8 ). Here, therefore, the Levitical Law culminates in its highest point, so far as our duties towards men are concerned. Lest the Jew should confine the idea of thy neighbour... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:19

Ye shall keep my statutes. Having arrived at the general conclusion, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, in the previous verse, the legislator pauses, and then presents a collection of further laws, arranged as before in no special order. The first is a mystical injunction against the confusion of things which are best kept apart, illustrated in three subjects—diverse kinds of cattle in breeding, mingled seeds in sowing a field, and mixed materials in garments. In Deuteronomy 22:10 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:19

Mingled Seed The moral meaning of the command, "Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed," receives an illustration from the parable of the "man which sowed good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also" ( Matthew 13:24-26 ). God's servant must sow of the best; if the tares are mixed with the good seed, it must be the enemy's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:19

Aids to purity. We shall first consider— I. WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY PURPORT OF THIS TRIPLE LAW . We need not be surprised if we find here another aid to purity of heart and life, another fence thrown up against immorality. Idolatry and immorality, both of the very worst description, had covered and dishonoured the land of Canaan. It was of the last importance that the people of God should be guarded in every possible way against infection and guilt. Therefore the wise... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:19-28

Fidelity to God. In the verses before us we note the injunction— I. THAT THE STATUTES OF THE LORD MUST BE KEPT . These require: 1 . That there be no unnatural mixtures. (a) Cattle which God ordered "after their kind" ( Genesis 1:25 ), are not to be let to gender with diverse kinds. Hybrids are degenerated creatures; they are monsters; and they are withal unfruitful. (b) Mingled seed must not be sown in the field. The plants of both kinds in such a case... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 19:19

Linen and woolen - The original word is found only here and in Deuteronomy 22:11, where it is rendered “of divers sorts.” It may denote such tissues as linsey woolsey. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 19:19

Leviticus 19:19. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender This was prohibited, partly to restrain the curiosity and boldness of men, who might attempt to amend or change the works of God; partly that by the restraint here laid, even upon brute creatures, men might be taught to abhor all unnatural lusts; partly to teach the Israelites to avoid mixtures with other nations, either in marriage or in religion, which also may be signified by the following prohibitions. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

Miscellaneous matters (19:1-37)Probably the miscellaneous laws collected here were decisions or warnings given by Moses in cases where there was some doubt about what was right or wrong. Often all that was needed was a reminder of existing laws; for example, those concerning respect for parents, Sabbath-keeping, worship of idols and eating of sacrificial food (19:1-8).When harvesting, farmers were always to leave something for the poor (9-10). Employers had to pay wages promptly, and judges had... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 19:19

diverse kind. Everything created "after his kind". See note on Genesis 1:11 ; a deep, moral, and spiritual lesson is contained in this prohibition. mingled. Another lesson here as to mingling the clean and unclean, human and Divine, flesh and spirit, &c. This law relates only to "seeds" which are used for food and actually eaten. Compare Luke 13:6 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:11-36

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 19:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 19:19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 19:19

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