Deuteronomy 25:4

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

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

5When 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.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

Hosea 10:11Ephraim 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.

1 Timothy 5:17Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:2-5

Stripes Not to Exceed Forty. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then… Read the whole commentary →

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