Essay for Deuteronomy 25:4
לֹא־תַחְסֹ֥ם שׁ֖וֹר בְּדִישֽׁוֹ׃ (ס)
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox
Parallel to the respect due human beings is that due a working animal. This may also reflect the Israelites’ identification with certain animals in symbolic settings (cf. Eilberg-Schwartz).
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