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A Practical Law of Compassion
Commentators like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that this law has a practical, compassionate basis. An ox and a donkey have vastly different strengths, sizes, and gaits. Yoking them together would be inefficient and cruel, especially to the weaker donkey. This command demonstrates God's mercy and care extending even to the animals used in labor.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 22:9–11
18th Century
Theologian
Compare the marginal reference. The prohibition of Deuteronomy 22:10 was also dictated by compassion. The ox and the donkey, being of such differen…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 22:9–11
19th Century
Bishop
These precepts appear also in Leviticus 19:19, more briefly.
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 22:10
17th Century
Pastor
You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together
They might be used separately, but not together; nor was it unco…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 22:5–12
17th Century
Minister
God's providence extends to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do likewise, so that even in these small matters we may live in the fear of the …