Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
Ear the ground
Bible References
Oxen
Deuteronomy 25:4
"Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing grain."
1 Corinthians 9:9
For in the Law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not only concerned about oxen, is he?
Ear the ground
Genesis 45:6
That's because this famine has been going on for two years now in this region, and there are still five years left, during which there won't be any plowing or harvesting.
Exodus 34:21
"For six days you are to work, but on the seventh day you are to rest; even during plowing time and harvest you are to rest.
Deuteronomy 21:4
and are to lead the heifer to a flowing stream in a valley that has never been tilled or planted. They are to break the heifer's neck there.
1 Samuel 8:12
He will appoint his officers over thousands and officers over fifties some will plow his fields, reap his harvest, and craft his war implements and equipment for his chariots.