Verse 11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts ,.... The Jews say nothing is forbidden under the name of sorts but what is spun and wove, as it is said, "thou shalt not wear sheatnez", a thing that is carded, spun, and wove F12 Misn. Celaim. c. 9. sect. 8. ; which Ainsworth translates "linsie woolsie", and is explained by what follows: as "of woollen and linen together"; of which See Gill on Leviticus 19:19 , whereas Josephus F13 Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 11. observes, this was granted to the priests only to wear such garments. Bochart F14 Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 45. col. 491. affirms it to be false; but that great man is mistaken; the blue, purple, and scarlet, in the priests' garments, were no other than dyed wool; and it is a sentiment in general received by the Jews, that the priests wore no other but woollen and linen in their service; see the note on the above place; otherwise this law is so strictly observed, as not, to sew a woollen garment with linen thread, and so on the contrary F15 Leo Modena's History of Rites, &c.; l. 1. c. 5. .
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