Can We Mix Fabrics? - Creation Moments

Leviticus 19:19
“Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.”

In any discussion on the veracity of a moral point relying on the Bible, an unbeliever is likely to retort, “Well, you shouldn’t be wearing mixed fabrics! The Bible condemns that!” Ask them where the Bible teaches this, and they are unlikely to be able to tell you.

Two passages spring to mind. One is Leviticus 19:19: “nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.” Does this refer to mixing cotton with rayon, for example? Another passage is: “You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen mixed together.” Is this more specific command different? Almost certainly not. Wool, from sheep or goats, and linen, from flax fibers, were almost certainly the only fabrics that the Israelites knew. But these passages are not from the moral law. The passages do not condemn the mixing of fabrics for everyone. In Exodus 28:6, God gave an instruction for Aaronic priests to wear an ephod “of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked.” The dyed yarns would have to be of wool, so we have a mixed fiber garment. Now we understand the Levitical rule not to wear mixed materials. Such garments were for the priests, and, therefore, the rule separated priests from other people.

Jesus is our High Priest. Therefore, no priestly garments are required. Just as God commanded Peter to eat what had previously been considered unclean, we are to confess: “What God has made clean, do not call common.”

Prayer: Thank You, Lord, for Your wonderful provision for us. You provide us with food to eat and clothing to wear, all for Your glory. Amen.

Author: Paul F. Taylor

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