John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:23
And when ye shall come into the land ,.... The land of Canaan, whither they were now going: and shall have planted all manner of trees for food ; such that brought forth fruit that was eatable, as figs, grapes, olives, &c.; so that all such trees as did not bear fruit fit for man's food came not under the following law; nor such as grew up of themselves and were not planted; nor such as were planted for any other use than for fruit; nor such as were planted by the Canaanites before... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 19:19-29
Here is, I. A law against mixtures, Lev. 19:19. God in the beginning made the cattle after their kind (Gen. 1:25), and we must acquiesce in the order of nature God hath established, believing that is best and sufficient, and not covet monsters. Add thou not unto his works, lest he reprove thee; for it is the excellency of the work of God that nothing can, without making it worse, be either put to it or taken from it, Eccl. 3:14. As what God has joined we must not separate, so what he has... read more