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. (Leviticus 19:19) 

Looking at this verse we can easily understand the first two prohibitions of not breeding your horses with your cows or mixing your grain with other seeds.  But what about the third part of this verse? Don't make a garment of wool & linen.

Why? Don't we mix fabrics all of the time?

Several things are going on here; first this is not a prohibition against mixing any two types of material. Some translations say that it is against Gods law to mix two types of fabric. This is NOT the case here. The original text specifically says not to mix Wool and Linen together. Now this does not mean that we can't wear something wool and something separate that is linen, ie: a wool tunic and a linen belt. What it is saying is not to weave the two types of threads together to make a garment.

So why is this?

Well, it is possible to weave the two together obviously because if it wasn't then there would be no reason for this instruction.  It is also possible to wear something made of these two materials but the question is should you?

The word of God clearly says NO don't do it. However, you can wear it if you are a suicidal maniac with a death wish and your main goal is to die a miserable painful death.

It has been proven scientifically that "wool, when combined with linen, increases its power of passing off the electricity from the body. In hot climates, it brings on malignant fevers and exhausts the strength; and when passing off from the body, it meets with the heated air, the skin inflames and excoriates like a blister."  (1)

This is because wool readily sheds electrons. Anyone who has ever walked across a carpet with wool socks and touched a door knob has experienced this phenomenon. However, linen will not accept the electrons that are handed to it by the wool, its molecules push the electrons away.  The wool then tries to hand them back and the cycle continues and begins to amplify itself.

As this cycle continues it draws electricity out of your body in order to feed itself. The more electricity it draws, the weaker your body becomes. Our bodies are delicate precision creations that run on electricity.  If you upset that balance you are in trouble.

If you were to wear a garment mixed with linen and wool in a hot climate, the first thing you would notice is an increasing tiredness as your energy gets zapped, then your internal organs would begin to fail as the electricity needed to run their various functions is depleted. As the energy passes from your body and meets with the hot air your skin will start to excoriate like a blister, causing rapid fluid loss and dehydration. The pain and discomfort would become unbearable and you would long for death to quickly come. Your wish is eventually granted.

So you can clearly see here that God was giving a command based on His love for His people. He promised to look after them in the desert and all they had to do was follow his commands in absolute obedience. It's like a repeat of the garden of Eden, to obey would bring life, where as to disobey would bring certain death. 

In your everyday living, choose to be obedient to your creator and choose life.

(1) Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown-Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Brian Sass, B.SC.  Paleobiology, works in the information technology industry. He also serves as Director of Technical Development for Creation Generation. In addition, he teaches Biblical science at Into His Harvest Bible training school in Regina, Saskatchewan. Brian has led two expeditions into the interior of the African rainforest in 2003 and 2004 searching for evidence of modern dinosaurs. These expeditions turned into significant missionary outreaches as he shared the gospel with a number of isolated African tribal communities. 

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