John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:29
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore ,.... Not by delaying to marry her, which is the sense the Jews give F12 Targ. Jon. in loc. T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 76. 1. , but it refers to a wicked practice among the Phoenicians or Canaanites, Athanasius F13 Contra Gentes, p. 21. speaks of, whose women used to prostitute themselves in the temples of their idols; and to such filthy services, in a religious way, the Israelites, in imitation of them, are forbid to expose... 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