Not Muzzle the Ox Deuteronomy 25

Deuteronomy 25:4 "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn."

Let the scripture explain.

I Corinthians 9:9-10 "For 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? Or 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."

I Timothy 5:17-18 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And The labourer is worth of his reward."

Punishment for crimes is covered in part in this chapter. There is a caution to not overdo the punishment. In this case when stripes are administered. The limit is forty stripes. v3 The punishment should reflect the crime and not disgust for the individual. v3 "...lest he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee."

v5-10 In the case of two brother's and one dies without children, the other brother is to take the wife of the first and raise up a firstborn to carry on his brother's name in Israel. Should the brother refuse, he is to appear with the brother's wife at the gate and be judged. Refer to the book of Ruth 4:7.

Fair weights to measure with are required. v14-16. Cheating with false weights is called unrighteousness.

Amalek in verses 17-19 is called to remembrance. He was the one who attacked Israel but not the army. He attacked the back of the group killing the weak and feeble among them. The most defenseless were murdered. The Lord said wipe out their name but remember what they did.

Psalms 8:4 "What is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him?"