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Deuteronomy 25:4

WorkJusticeMercy and compassion

2 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

3 He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.

Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

5 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

6 The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

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BSB
Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
KJV
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
WEB
You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
ASV
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the grain].
DARBY
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].
BLB
You shall not muzzle an ox in its threshing.
ÅB
Du skal ikke binde munnen til på en okse som tresker.
OTB
Ikke hindre en okse fra å spise mens den arbeider med å treske kornet.
B1930
Du skal ikke binde munnen til på en okse som tresker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Timothy 5:17–18

    Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:9–10

    For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

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  • Proverbs 12:10

    A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

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  • Hosea 10:11

    Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.

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  • Isaiah 28:27

    Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.

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