Deuteronomy 25:4 KJV — MannaFest

Deuteronomy 25:4

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

KJV

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ASV

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the grain.

WEB

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

YLT

`Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.

DBT

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].

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Old Testament

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Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.

Author: Moses — the sermons on the plains of Moab; ch. 34 (his death) traditionally attributed to Joshua
Date: The final weeks of Moses' life on the plains of Moab, c. 15th–13th century BC

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1 Timothy 5:18
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
1 Corinthians 9:9
For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
1 Timothy 5:17–18
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Hosea 10:11
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

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11 ) is put for all similar instances. That which makes this law very remarkable above its fellows (and which countenances the like application of other such laws) is that it is twice quoted in the New Testament to show that it is the duty of the people to give their ministers a comfortable maintenance, 1 Cor. ix.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Quoted in 1CO 9:9
'Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn' ('it is written in the law of Moses')
Quoted in 1TI 5:18
'Thou shalt not muzzle the ox' ('the scripture saith')
Quoted in 1TI 5:18
legei gar he graphe ('for the scripture saith') — pairs an OT law (muzzle the ox) with a saying of Jesus under ONE graphe frame, an early canon-consciousness datum

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