The Crime Scene of the Common Joke: Why the Torah Banned Mingled Thread

Ye shall observe my law: thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with one of a different kind, and thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed; and thou shalt not put upon thyself a mingled garment woven of two materials.

Leviticus 19:19, Septuagint

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed, lest the fruit be devoted, and whatsoever seed thou mayest sow, with the fruit of thy vineyard.

Deuteronomy 22:9, Septuagint

Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together.

Deuteronomy 22:10, Septuagint

Thou shalt not wear a mingled garment, woollen and linen together.

Deuteronomy 22:11, Septuagint

Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, being persecuted of vengeance, and scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.

Wisdom 11:20, Septuagint