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

9Do 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 notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleplantתִזְרַ֥עH2232Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularyour vineyardכַּרְמְךָ֖H3754Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularwith two types of seedכִּלְאָ֑יִםH3610Noun - mdif you doפֶּן־H6435Conjunctionthe entire harvestהַֽמְלֵאָ֤הH4395Article | Noun - feminine singularwill be defiledתִּקְדַּ֗שׁH6942Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularboth the cropהַזֶּ֙רַע֙H2233Article | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativeyou plantתִּזְרָ֔עH2232Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularand the fruitוּתְבוּאַ֖תH8393Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructof your vineyardהַכָּֽרֶם׃סH3754Article | Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • Or will be forfeited to the sanctuary

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