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 a heifer, that loveth to tread out the corn" (because while it treads, it feeds on the corn), but not to plough, because no refreshing till the work was done.

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