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…

Deuteronomy 25:1–3. HUMANITY IN PUNISHMENTS.

They shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wick…

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox. This passage, indeed, properly belongs to the Supplements of the Commandment, but since it is a confirmation…

You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out [the corn].

This is a charge to farmers. It teaches us to care well for the animals that serve us. But we must learn not only to be just, but kind to all who a…