לא יהיה כלי גבר. נסמכה בעבור צאת למלחמה כי האשה לא נבראת כי אם להקים הזרע ואם היא תצא עם אנשים למלחמה תבא בדרך לידי זנות וכן לא ילבש גבר והטעם זכר שלא נתמלא זקנו יתערב עם הנשים וינאף הוא והן ואינו יודע וזה יורה כי מנהג ישראל היה וכן ברובי המלכיות להיות מלבוש האנשים איננו כמלבוש הנשים רק הפרש ביניהם וי״א על חוץ לדרך ואין צורך רק השם יתעב מי שישנה מעשה השם: A WOMAN SHALL NOT WEAR THAT WHICH PERTAINETH UNTO A MAN. This law was stated here because Scripture deals with going out to war. Women were created only to have children.11Legitimate children. If a woman joins men in going to war she will come to engage in illicit sexual relations on the way.12Women who march off to war with men will have relations with them and produce illegitimate children. I.E. most probably inserted “on the way” because he wanted to explain why this law follows the previous one. It does so because both deal with something happening on the way. See I.E.’s comments on verse 6 and the notes thereto. The law that states neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment is similar.13The purpose of the law is to prevent illicit sexual intercourse. The reason for this law is as follows. If a male who does not have a full beard14A full beard is not to be taken literally. It means enough facial hair to indicate that the person is a male. mixes with women, then he and they will have sexual relations without anyone knowing.15Reading ve-en yode’a, as in Vat. Ebr. 38. A male dressing as a female has access to women. Rashi has a similar explanation. This law indicates that the custom of Israel was for the garments of men to be unlike the garments of women. There was a definite difference between the garments.16Of males and females. This is also the practice in most countries. Some say that our verse speaks of unnatural intercourse.17The reference is to homosexuality. However, there is no need for this interpretation.18Our verse should be taken in accordance with its plain meaning. The fact is that God abominates the one who changes the works of the Lord.19Which cross dressing does, for one is then unable to distinguish between male and female.