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This agricultural practice is frequently used metaphorically in the Bible to describe various forms of partnership, union, or burden.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b> <br>The concept of yoking is first introduced in the context of agriculture. In <a href="/deuteronomy/22-10.htm">Deuteronomy 22:10</a>, the Israelites are commanded, "Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together." This law underscores the importance of compatibility and balance, as mismatched animals would struggle to work effectively together. The principle extends beyond agriculture, symbolizing the need for harmony in partnerships.<br><br>In <a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm">1 Kings 12:4</a>, the people of Israel appeal to Rehoboam, saying, "Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you." Here, the yoke represents the burdensome demands and oppressive rule imposed by Solomon, illustrating how yoking can symbolize subjugation and hardship.<br><br><b>New Testament References</b> <br>In the New Testament, yoking takes on a more spiritual and relational dimension. Jesus uses the metaphor of a yoke to describe discipleship and the nature of His teachings. In <a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Matthew 11:29-30</a>, Jesus invites, "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Here, the yoke signifies the guidance and teachings of Christ, contrasting with the heavy burdens of legalistic religious practices.<br><br>The Apostle Paul also employs the metaphor of yoking in <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14</a>, where he advises, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?" This passage warns against forming binding relationships with those who do not share the same faith, emphasizing the importance of spiritual unity and purity.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b> <br>Yoking in the Bible often serves as a metaphor for relationships and responsibilities. It highlights the importance of compatibility, shared values, and mutual support in partnerships, whether they be marital, business, or spiritual. The biblical injunctions against unequal yoking underscore the potential spiritual and moral conflicts that can arise from alliances with those who do not share the same faith or values.<br><br>The yoke of Christ, as described in the New Testament, offers a profound theological insight into the nature of Christian discipleship. It suggests that following Christ involves a commitment that, while requiring submission and obedience, ultimately leads to spiritual rest and fulfillment. This stands in stark contrast to the burdensome yokes of legalism and sin, offering believers a path of grace and peace.<br><br><b>Practical Applications</b> <br>In practical terms, the biblical concept of yoking encourages believers to seek partnerships that are spiritually and morally aligned. This principle can be applied to marriage, business ventures, and other forms of collaboration, urging Christians to prioritize shared faith and values in their relationships.<br><br>Furthermore, the call to take on the yoke of Christ invites believers to embrace His teachings and leadership, finding rest and purpose in a life of discipleship. It challenges Christians to evaluate the burdens they carry and to exchange them for the lighter, more fulfilling yoke offered by Jesus.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>p. pr. & vb. n.</I>) of Yoke.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/359.htm"><span class="l">359. analusis -- a loosing, departure</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Definition: departing, departure from this life Definition: a loosing, departing,<br> departure (from this life); (Probably a metaphor from the <b>yoking</b> and unyoking <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/359.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2934.htm"><span class="l">2934. ktenos -- a beast of burden</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a beast of burden Definition: a beast of burden (generally, a horse or mule) either<br> for riding or for carrying loads on its back, or for <b>yoking</b> to a cart or <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2934.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/504.htm"><span class="l">504. eleph -- cattle</span></a><br><b>...</b> family, kine, oxen. From 'alph; a family; also (from the sense of <b>yoking</b> or taming)<br> an ox or cow -- family, kine, oxen. see HEBREW 'alph. 503, 504. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/504.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/macneil/the_spirit-filled_life/chapter_xiv_how_does_it.htm"><span class="l">How Does it Come?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> What an amount of unequal <b>yoking</b> there is in many of our Churches, although the<br> Church's Lord expressly forbids it! <b>...</b> Who is responsible for this unequal <b>yoking</b>? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../macneil/the spirit-filled life/chapter xiv how does it.htm</font><p><a href="/library/rolt/dionysius_the_areopagite/chapter_ix_concerning_great_small.htm"><span class="l">Concerning "Great," "Small," "Same," "Different," "Like," "Unlike <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> and causing a similar quality of Identity to shine forth from Itself upon all things<br> that are capable of participating therein and <b>yoking</b> different things in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../rolt/dionysius the areopagite/chapter ix concerning great small.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lactantius/of_the_manner_in_which_the_persecutors_died/chap_xvi_thus_was_all.htm"><span class="l">Thus was all the Earth Afflicted; and from East to West...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> How pleasing the spectacle to God, when He beheld you a conqueror, <b>yoking</b> in your<br> chariot not white horses, nor enormous elephants, but those very men who had <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xvi thus was all.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/on_the_priesthood/homily_xix_on_the_sunday.htm"><span class="l">On the Sunday Called "Episozomenes," to those who had Come to <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> discipline, for he was appointed, it is said, "to till the garden, and to keep it."<br> Each of these men you may see at one time employed in <b>yoking</b> the labouring <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xix on the sunday.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/the_stromata_or_miscellanies/chapter_xxiii_on_marriage.htm"><span class="l">On Marriage.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Those, then, will not escape the curse of <b>yoking</b> an ass with an ox, who, judging<br> certain things not to suit them, command others to do them, or the reverse. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xxiii on marriage.htm</font><p><a href="/library/drummond/the_lowell_lectures_on_the_ascent_of_man/chapter_x_involution.htm"><span class="l">Involution</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a unity which consists in the subordination of all these to similar aims, not to<br> similar principles of action"that is to say, in like methods of <b>yoking</b> a few <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../drummond/the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/chapter x involution.htm</font><p><a href="/library/orr/the_gospel_day_/chapter_xiii_the_domestic_relation.htm"><span class="l">The Domestic Relation.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No doubt but it does forbid the unmarried Christian <b>yoking</b> up with an unbeliever,<br> as in 1:Cor.7:39 the woman whose husband is dead is at liberty to marry whom <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../orr/the gospel day /chapter xiii the domestic relation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/fruit_which_is_death.htm"><span class="l">'Fruit which is Death'</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Punishment is <b>yoking</b> men to their sins, and making them drag the burden like bullocks<br> in harness. What sort of load are we getting together for ourselves? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/fruit which is death.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/mordecai_and_esther.htm"><span class="l">Mordecai and Esther</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For men and for nations there is only the choice of <b>yoking</b> themselves to the car,<br> and finding themselves borne along rather than bearing it, and partaking the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/mordecai and esther.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hutton/history_of_the_moravian_church/chapter_vi_luke_of_prague.htm"><span class="l">Luke of Prague and the High Church Reaction. 1473-1530.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> who are leaving Babylon. If a man does this he is <b>yoking</b> himself with strangers.<br> Marriage never made anyone holy yet. It is a hindrance <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter vi luke of prague.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/y/yoking.htm"><span class="l"><b>Yoking</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yoke. Multi-Version Concordance<br><b>Yoking</b> (1 Occurrence). 1 Samuel 6:10 And the men did <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/y/yoking.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/y/yokes.htm"><span class="l">Yokes (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/y/yokes.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/y/yon.htm"><span class="l">Yon (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/y/yon.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unequal.htm"><span class="l">Unequal (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> for lo' thakhan, "not weighed," "illogical." "Unequally" in 2 Corinthians 6:14,<br> in the phrase "unequally yoked," heterozugeo, is used of the <b>yoking</b> together of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unequal.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cord.htm"><span class="l">Cord (47 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Frequently used in its proper sense, for fastening a tent (Exodus 35:18; 39:40),<br><b>yoking</b> animals to a cart (Isaiah 5:18), binding prisoners (Judges 15:13; Psalm <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cord.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shutting.htm"><span class="l">Shutting (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (BBE). 1 Samuel 6:10 And the men did so; they took two cows, <b>yoking</b> them to the<br> cart and shutting up their young ones in their living-place: (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shutting.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/living-place.htm"><span class="l">Living-place (83 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (BBE). 1 Samuel 6:10 And the men did so; they took two cows, <b>yoking</b> them to the<br> cart and shutting up their young ones in their living-place: (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/living-place.htm - 32k</font><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/commands-against-mixing.html">What was the significance of the commands against mixing different things in Deuteronomy 22:9 11? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/yoke-in-the-Bible.html">What does yoke mean in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/in-one-accord.html">What does it mean to be in one accord? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/yoking.htm">Yoking: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Yoking (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/6-10.htm">1 Samuel 6:10</a></span><br />And the men did so; 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