Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 22:9

Covenant Order: Neighbor, Creation, and Sexual Holiness

The chapter moves from concrete acts of community care for neighbor and creature (vv. 1–8), through laws protecting created distinctions in the natural order (vv. 9–12), into a sustained legislation of sexual holiness, marital fidelity, and covenant purity (vv. 13–30), grounding neighbor-love and sexual ethics together in the covenant order Israel bears before God.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

9 Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.

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Verse 9

Original words

Do not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle plant תִזְרַ֥ע H2232 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular your vineyard כַּרְמְךָ֖ H3754 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular with two types of seed כִּלְאָ֑יִם H3610 Noun - md if you do פֶּן־ H6435 Conjunction the entire harvest הַֽמְלֵאָ֤ה H4395 Article | Noun - feminine singular will be defiled תִּקְדַּ֗שׁ H6942 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular both the crop הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ H2233 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative you plant תִּזְרָ֔ע H2232 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular and the fruit וּתְבוּאַ֖ת H8393 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct of your vineyard הַכָּֽרֶם׃ס H3754 Article | Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • Or will be forfeited to the sanctuary

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