“ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. ”
Compare the marginal references. In other kinds of labor the oxen were usually muzzled. When driven to and fro over the threshing-floor in order to stamp out the grain from the chaff, they were to...
Deuteronomy 25:1-3 . Another of Dt.'s humanitarian laws. Punishment by the bastinado among the ancient Hebrews and Egyptians was common (see Wilkinson- Birch, Ancient Egyptians , i. pp. 305, 308)...
See the Structure, "Threshing" for this verse in the book comments for Deuteronomy. not muzzle. Animals generally muzzled in the East. Compare 1 Corinthians 9:9 ; 1 Timothy 5:18 .
4. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox. This passage, indeed, properly belongs to the Supplements of the Commandment, but, since it is a confirmation of the foregoing decree, it seemed fit to connec...
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn . Thou shalt not muzzle the ox, etc. - In Judea, as well as in Egypt, Greece, and Italy, they make use of beeves to tread out the corn; and...
Ver. 4. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox, &c.— In Judea, as well as in Egypt, Greece, and Italy, they made use of beeves to tread out the corn; and Dr. Shaw tells us, that the people of Barbary...
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. In Judea, as in modern Syria and Egypt, the larger grains, wheat, barle...
Ordinances regarding the Infliction of Stripes, the Baising of Seed to a Brother, Modesty, and Fair Dealing 3. And not exceed ] In order to keep within the limit it was usual to inflict thirty-...
XXV. Deuteronomy 25:1-3 . HUMANITY IN PUNISHMENTS. (1) They shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. — “I will not justify the wicked” ( Exodus 23:7 ). “He that justifieth the wi...
LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE) IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of religious and moral truth were to some extent inadequat...
This chapter is a continuation of the two previous ones in giving varied instructions. Punishments were to be righteously administered and were never to be excessive. It is interesting to notice wha...
Paul hath given the best comment upon this passage. 1 Corinthians 9:9-10 .
Thou shall not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn]. As oxen are used in ploughing, so likewise in treading or beating out the corn; of the manner of which, 1 Corinthians 9:9 ; now while...
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn]. Ver. 4. That treadeth out the corn. ] Which was the manner of that country: whereunto also the prophet alludeth, Hos 10:11 "Ephraim is...
When he treadeth out the corn Which they did in those parts, either immediately by their hoofs, or by drawing carts or other instruments over the corn. Hereby God taught them humanity, even to thei...
JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MERCY (vs.1-3) In the law courts the judges must mete out proper justice, yet not to exceed the limits of justice. If one was guilty of serious crime, it was right to have h...
Stripes Not to Exceed Forty. B. C. 1451. 1 If there be a controversy between men, and th...
As the Gentiles used to do, having divers devices to keep them from eating when they trod out the corn, which they did in those parts and times by oxen, Hosea 10:11 , either immediately by their h...
Regulations Concerning Fair Treatment To Another Party ( Deuteronomy 25:4-16 ). The principle in these regulations is that of fair and just treatment towards other parties. The ox who treads out...
Critical Notes.—Corporal punishment . Controv. , dispute arising from inflicted injury. Justify pronounce just, Exodus 23:7 ; Proverbs 17:15 . Deuteronomy 25:2 . Lie down . “Precisely the same...
Deuteronomy 25:5 . If brethren dwell together. Not in the same house, but near each other on the ancient lot of land which the family possessed; for Moses often speaks as though the people were al...
EXPOSITION LAWS RELATING TO CORPORAL PUNISHMENT , LEVIRATE MARRIAGES , AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . Deuteronomy 25:1-5 The first and second verses should be read as one se...
Of Bodily Punishments
1 Corinthians 9:10 ; 1 Corinthians 9:9 ; 1 Timothy 5:17 ; 1 Timothy 5:18 ; Hosea 10:11 ; Isaiah 28:27 ; Proverbs 12:10
He treadeth out the corn — Which they did in those parts, either immediately by their hoofs on by drawing carts or other instruments over the corn. Hereby God taught them humanity, even to their be...