Deuteronomy22:1–12

The parent law of the mixtures verbal / quotation — confirmed

The three mixing-prohibitions (vv. 9–11) are Deuteronomy's expansion of a single verse in the Holiness Code. The Verifier records a rare shared lexeme in both directions: kilʾayim ("two kinds," v. 9) and shaʿaṭnēz ("mingled stuff," v. 11) each occur in only two verses in the whole Hebrew Bible — here and Leviticus 19:19. That double rarity makes the verbal dependence near-certain, not merely thematic; Cambridge calls Lev 19:19 the "H" source for the seed-and-garment laws.

Leviticus 19:19

basis: rare shared lexemes H3610 kilʼayim (only 2 vv) and H8162 shaʻaṭnêz (only 2 vv), plus H2232 zâraʻ; both occur uniquely in Deut 22:9/11 and Lev 19:19 (Verifier-computed)

The sparrow that finds a nest at the altar structural / thematic — confirmed

The bird's-nest law (v. 6) shares its specific vocabulary with the psalmist's longing: qēn ("nest," 13 vv), ṣippôr ("bird/sparrow," 36 vv), and the rare ʾeprôaḥ ("young/brood," only 3 vv) all appear in Psalm 84:3, where "the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself." The shared ʾeprôaḥ is rare enough to mark a real verbal resonance; the link is structural/thematic rather than a quotation — the law that spares the nest, and the longing to nest at God's altar, illumine each other without one citing the other.

Psalm 84:3 · Isaiah 10:14

basis: shared lexemes H667 ʼephrôach (rare, 3 vv), H7064 qên (13 vv), H6833 tsippôwr; nest/bird vocabulary, no quotation claimed (Verifier-computed)

From the enemy's beast to the brother's structural / thematic — confirmed

The lost-and-fallen-property laws (vv. 1–4) rework the older covenant-code statute of Exodus 23:4–5, which commands help for thine enemy's ox and ass. Keil notes Deuteronomy substitutes "brother" for "enemy," and Cambridge argues this widens rather than narrows the duty. The Verifier finds the shared draught-animal and return vocabulary — šôr (ox), ḥămôr/seh, šûb (return) — common enough that the link is structural, a deliberate reworking of a known law, not a rare-word quotation.

Exodus 23:4 · Exodus 22:9

basis: shared lexemes H7794 shôwr, H176 ʼôw, H7725 shûwb (all common); reworking of the Exodus covenant-code parallel, no rare-word quotation (Verifier-computed)

The fulness forfeit — restoring lost property verbal / quotation — confirmed

Verse 3's concrete noun for "a lost thing," ʾăbēdâh (only 4 vv), with the verb māṣāʾ ("find"), recurs in Leviticus 6:3–4, the priestly law detailing restitution for a man who "has found that which was lost and lies concerning it." The Verifier rates this verbal on the strength of the rare ʾăbēdâh. Deuteronomy commands the finding-and-returning; Leviticus 6 supplies the guilt-offering for the one who finds and conceals — the two laws are the obverse and reverse of the same case.

Leviticus 6:3

basis: rare shared lexeme H9 ʼăbêdâh (only 4 vv) + H4672 mâtsâʼ; the lost-property case shared with the Lev 6 restitution law (Verifier-computed)

The wreathen cords — tassel and temple pillar verbal / quotation — confirmed

The "tassels" of v. 12 are not the ṣîṣîth of Numbers 15:38 but gədilîm, "twisted/plaited cords" — a rare word (only 2 vv) that elsewhere names the "wreaths" of chainwork on the bronze pillars of Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:17). The shared rare lexeme is a genuine verbal tie, though the link is associative: the same craft-word for sacred temple ornament is laid on the hem of every Israelite's robe, as if each believer's garment bore a fragment of the sanctuary's adornment.

1 Kings 7:17 · Numbers 15:38

basis: rare shared lexeme H1434 gᵉdil (only 2 vv); the tassel-word also names the temple pillars' wreathen cords in 1 Kgs 7:17 (Verifier-computed)

Be not unequally yoked (Greek↔Hebrew — typological) typological

Paul's "Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers" (2 Corinthians 6:14) was read by Ellicott, Poole, and Gill as the spiritual sense of v. 10's ox-and-donkey prohibition — clean joined to unclean. This is a cross-Testament link: Paul writes in Greek and does not quote the Hebrew, so it cannot rest on shared Strong's numbers and is not a verbal/quotation tie. It is a typological reading — and a widely-held one in the commentary tradition — figuring the clean-unclean yoke as the believer-unbeliever bond. Tiered typological because the connection is figural, not lexical.

2 Corinthians 6:14 · Leviticus 19:19

basis: cross-Testament (Greek NT ↔ Hebrew OT): no shared Strong's lexeme possible; figural reading of the ox/ass yoke as the believer/unbeliever bond, attested in Ellicott, Poole, Gill — ancient and widely-held, not a quotation

Jesus, the tassel the sick reached to touch widely-held

The four tassels on the garment's "wings" (v. 12, kanpôt) became, in Greek, the kraspedon — the "hem" of the garment. Ellicott names it directly: "Of this κράςπεδον , when worn by our Lord on earth, the sick laid hold and were healed" (cf. Matthew 9:20; 14:36). The Law's command that every Israelite wear the fringe of obedience is fulfilled in the one Israelite whose obedience was "perfect and without flaw" (Ellicott), and from whose very hem healing flowed. This is a cross-Testament typological reading; it rests on the historical garment, not on a Hebrew-Greek word-link.

Deuteronomy 22:12 · Matthew 9:20 · Numbers 15:38

The Shepherd who seeks the driven-away widely-held

The opening law forbids hiding from the niddāḥîm — the "driven-away" beast (v. 1). Ellicott hears Ezekiel 34:16 behind the word: "I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away." What Israel is commanded to do for a stray animal, the LORD claims as His own shepherding work — and Jesus takes up exactly this image in the parable of the man who leaves the ninety-nine to seek the one that went astray (Matthew 18:12), declaring it is "not the will of your Father… that one of these little ones should perish." The Deuteronomic refusal to "hide thyself" from the lost is, in Christ, the heart of God that goes out after them. This is a thematic/typological reading across Testaments, not a verbal citation.

Deuteronomy 22:1 · Ezekiel 34:16 · Matthew 18:12