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Deuteronomy 25

Deut. 25:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thouu shalt not muzzle
chacam (Hebrew #2629)
to muzzle; by analogy, to stop the nose
KJV usage: muzzle, stop.
Pronounce: khaw-sam'
Origin: a primitive root
the ox
showr (Hebrew #7794)
a bullock (as a traveller)
KJV usage: bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for 7791).
Pronounce: shore
Origin: from 7788
when he θtreadeth out
diyn (Hebrew #1778)
to judge
KJV usage: judge. Or diyn, {deen}; or (Job 19:29).
Pronounce: deen
Origin: (Aramaic) corresp. to 1777
the corn.
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1 Cor. 9:9• 9For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. Is God occupied about the oxen, (1 Cor. 9:9)
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1 Tim. 5:18• 18for the scripture says, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox that treadeth out corn, and, The workman is worthy of his hire. (1 Tim. 5:18)
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thresheth.
Hos. 10:11• 11And Ephraim is a trained heifer, that loveth to tread out the corn; I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to draw; Judah shall plough, Jacob shall break his clods. (Hos. 10:11)
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Corn,
Ox; Oxen

Cross References

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shalt not.In Judea, as well as in Egypt, Greece, and Italy, they made use of beeves to tread out the corn; and the same mode of threshing still obtains in Arabia, Barbary, and other eastern countries, to the present day.
The sheaves lie open and expanded on the threshing floors, and the cattle continually move round them, and thus tread out the grain.
The natives of Aleppo still religiously observe the ancient humane practice, inculcated by this law, of permitting the oxen to remain unmuzzled when treading out the corn.muzzle.
Prov. 12:10• 10A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. (Prov. 12:10)
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1 Cor. 9:9‑10• 9For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. Is God occupied about the oxen,
 10or does he say it altogether for our sakes? For for our sakes it has been written, that the plougher should plough in hope, and he that treads out corn, in hope of partaking of it. (1 Cor. 9:9‑10)
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1 Tim. 5:17‑18• 17Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;
 18for the scripture says, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox that treadeth out corn, and, The workman is worthy of his hire. (1 Tim. 5:17‑18)
treadeth out.
Heb. thresheth.
Isa. 28:27• 27For the dill is not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but dill is beaten out with a staff, and cummin with a rod. (Isa. 28:27)
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Hos. 10:11• 11And Ephraim is a trained heifer, that loveth to tread out the corn; I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to draw; Judah shall plough, Jacob shall break his clods. (Hos. 10:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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