Deuteronomy 22:10

Deuteronomy 22:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.

Context of Deuteronomy 22:10

8“When you build a new house, you shall make a railing (parapet) around your [flat] roof, so that you do not bring the guilt of [innocent] blood on your house if someone falls from it. 9“You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or everything produced by the seed which you have sown and the yield of the vineyard will become defiled [and banned for use]. “You shall not plow with an ox [a clean animal] and a donkey [an unclean animal] together. 11“You shall not wear a fabric made of wool and linen blended together [a fabric pagans believed to be magical]. 12“You shall make tassels for yourself on the four corners of your outer garment with which you cover yourself.

Deuteronomy 22:10 word by word

לֹֽא־תַחֲרֹ֥שׁ בְּשׁוֹר־וּבַחֲמֹ֖ר יַחְדָּֽו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not plowחָרַשׁchârash · to plow/plotH2790
• with an oxשׁוֹרshôr · cattleH7794
• and an assחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:10

• 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass - It is generally supposed that mixtures of different sorts in seed, breed, etc., were employed for superstitious purposes, and therefore prohibited in this law. It is more likely, however, that there was a physical reason for this; two beasts of a different species cannot associate comfortably together, and on this ground never pull pleasantly either in cart or plough; and every farmer knows that it is of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-11Verses 9-11 Compare the marginal reference. The prohibition of Deuteronomy 22:10 was also dictated by humanity. The ox and the donkey being of such different size and strength, it would be cruel to the latter to yoke them together. These two animals are named as being those ordinarily employed in agriculture; compare Isaiah 32:20.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 God's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye and care. Yet the tendency of these laws, which seem little, is such, that being found among the things of God's law, they are to be accounted great things. If we would prove ourselves to be God's people, we must have respect to his will and to his glory, and not to the vain fashions of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Plowing with an ox and a donkey together would not work well. The two animals are different in size and strength. This example teaches the principle of separation and order. It shows that certain things should not be joined together (see also 2 Corinthians 6:14–18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together--Whether this association, like the mixture of seeds, had been dictated by superstitious motives and the prohibition was symbolical, designed to teach a moral lesson (2Co 6:14), may or may not have been the case. But the prohibition prevented a great inhumanity still occasionally practised by the poorer sort in Oriental countries. An ox and ass, being of different species and of very different…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 22:10

• Agriculture
• Animals
• Ass (Donkey)
• Bullock

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings