Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 22:9

9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds : lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard be defiled .

Either 1. With divers kinds of seeds mixed and sowed together between the rows of Vines in thy Vineyard: which was forbidden to be done in the Field, Levit. 19. 19. and here, in the Vineyard. Or 2. With any kind of seed differing from that of the Vine, which would produce either Herbs, or Corn, or Fruit-bearing-Trees, whose Fruit might be mingled with the Fruit of the Vines. Now this and the two following precepts, though in themselves small and trivial, are given, according to that time and state of the Church, for documents or instructions in greater matters, and particularly to commend to them simplicity and sincerity in all their carriages towards God and Men, and to forbid all mixture of their Inventions with Gods Institutions in Doctrine or Worship.

Heb. The fulness of thy seed, i. e. that seed when it is ripe and full. See Exod. 22. 29. Numb. 18. 27.

Either 1 Naturally, corrupted or marred, whilest one seed draws away the fat and nourishment of the Earth from the other, and so both are starved and spoiled. Or rather 2. Legally and Morally, as being prohibited by Gods Law, and thereby made unclean; as on the contrary, things are sanctifyed by Gods word, allowing and approving them, 1 Tim. 4. 5. Heb. be sanctified, or, be as a sanctified thing, by an Ellipsis of the particle, as, i. e. unlawful for the owners use, as things sanctified were. Or, sanctifying is put for polluting, by a figure called Euphemismus, which is frequent in Scripture, as when blessing is put for [illegible: 1+ letters]rsing, as Iob 2. 9. and in other Authors, as when they use sacred for execrable.

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