What does Deuteronomy 22:9 say about sowing a vineyard with different seeds?
Deuteronomy 22:9 forbids sowing a vineyard with diverse or different seeds, lest the fruit of the seed sown—the legitimate grapevine—and the fruit of the vineyard be defiled. The passage was part of Israel's law, and its principle is applied to believers not being unequally yoked with unbelievers.
Les teaches that Deuteronomy 22:9 belongs to Israel's law and uses agricultural language suited to a rural, agrarian society. The command says, “Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse or different seeds, lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown”—the legitimate grapevine—“and the fruit of thy vineyard be defiled.” Les connects the word “yoke” to beasts of burden plowing together, two oxen pulling in unison. Just as the law prohibited sowing with diverse seeds, Paul says by inspiration that a believer and an unbeliever cannot be unequally yoked, and the admonition is still the same today.
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.
More Questions
Why did God's law forbid sowing different seeds in a vineyard?
The law forbidding sowing a second kind of seed in a vineyard existed because the plants could cross-pollinate and produce a rogue crop.
Why did the law forbid sowing a vineyard with a different kind of seed?
The Old Testament law forbade sowing a vineyard of grapes with another seed that could cross-pollinate, because doing so would produce a rogue crop.