9:9a For it is written in the Law of Moses:

For in the Law Moses wrote this:
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For we (incl.) read in the Law of Moses:

9:9b “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”

“When you use an ox/cow to thresh the grain, you must not tie its mouth shut ⌊to keep it from eating some of the grain⌋.”
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“You must not prevent an ox/animal from eating while it is working/treading/threshing the grain.”

9:9c Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

Did God make that law because he cared about the oxen?
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God was not only concerned about oxen.

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