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Deut. 25:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

Thouu shalt not muzzle the ox when he θtreadeth out the corn.

1 Cor. 9:9• ⁹For 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? (1 Cor. 9:9)

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1 Tim. 5:18• ¹⁸For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward. (1 Tim. 5:18)

thresheth.

Hos. 10:11• ¹¹And 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. (Hos. 10:11)

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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 regardeth 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 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?
¹⁰Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Cor. 9:9‑10)

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1 Tim. 5:17‑18• ¹⁷Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
¹⁸For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward. (1 Tim. 5:17‑18)

treadeth out.

Heb. thresheth.

Isa. 28:27• ²⁷For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. (Isa. 28:27)

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• The Apostle Paul applies this to the ministering servants of God—they who prepare the food for the people of God, and are not to be deprived of that which they need for their own sustenance. (“Lecture 1: The Burnt Offering” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)