Text: Deuteronomy 22:9
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 19:19
Subject: separation principles
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Leviticus 19:19 establishes the foundational prohibition against כִּלְאַיִם (kil'ayim, "mixing kinds") — specifically in breeding animals, sowing seed, and wearing mixed fabrics. Deuteronomy 22:9 elaborates the agricultural dimension: "Do not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the full yield be forfeited." The Deuteronomic restatement applies the Levitical principle to the specific context of viticulture in the promised land and adds a consequence absent from Leviticus: the contaminated harvest becomes devoted property. The shared concern for maintaining divinely ordered distinctions reflects a theology of creation boundaries embedded in Israel's daily agricultural practice.