Deuteronomy 25:4

“You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.”

Deuteronomy 25:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 9:9

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Paul quotes the rule of the ox that threshes and applies it to the support of those who announce the good news.

Formula: ἐν γὰρ τῷ Μωϋσέως νόμῳ γέγραπται “for in the law of Moses it is written” (1 Corinthians 9:9)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἐν γὰρ τῷ Μωϋσέως νόμῳ γέγραπται Οὐ κημώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα μὴ τῶν βοῶν μέλει τῷ θεῷ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא תַחְסֹם שׁוֹר בְּדִישׁוֹ

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 25:4 in the Septuagint numbering): Οὐ φιμώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · 1 Timothy 5:18

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The letter quotes the rule of the threshing ox together with “the worker is worthy of his wages,” which is in Luke 10:7.

Formula: λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή “for the Scripture says” (1 Timothy 5:18)

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Greek of the New Testament: λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή Βοῦν ἀλοῶντα οὐ φιμώσεις καί Ἄξιος ὁ ἐργάτης τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא תַחְסֹם שׁוֹר בְּדִישׁוֹ

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 25:4 in the Septuagint numbering): Οὐ φιμώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Deuteronomy 25:4, word by word

muzzleתַחְסֹםtachsom

muzzle

To cover an animal's mouth so it cannot eat.

Where else “tachsom” appears
an oxשׁוֹרshor

ox, bull

Ox or bull: a head of cattle.

Where else “shor” appears
while it is threshingדִישׁdish

thresh, trample

Thresh: tread the grain to separate it from the straw; also to trample.

Where else “dish” appears

Translation note

Paul applies this law to the support of those who work in the gospel (1 Corinthians 9:9; 1 Timothy 5:18).

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 9:9

Paul quotes the rule of the ox that threshes and applies it to the support of those who announce the good news.

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Deuteronomy 25:4

4You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.

1 Corinthians 9:9

9For in the law of Moses it is written: You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing. It is not for the oxen that God cares, is it?

Quotation · 1 Timothy 5:18

The letter quotes the rule of the threshing ox together with “the worker is worthy of his wages,” which is in Luke 10:7.

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Deuteronomy 25:4

4You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.

1 Timothy 5:18

18For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

The context

3Forty blows he may strike him, not more, lest he go on to strike him with many blows beyond these, and your brother be degraded in your eyes.

4 · This verse (above)

5If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not belong, outside the family, to a strange man. Her brother-in-law shall go in to her and take her for himself as a wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

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