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# For the scripture says
This is personification that means that this is what someone has written in the scriptures. Alternate translation: "For we read in the scriptures that" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
# You must not put a muzzle on an ox while it threshes the grain
Paul is using this quotation as a metaphor meaning that church leaders deserve to receive payment from the Christian community for their work. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# muzzle
place a sleeve over an animal's snout and mouth to prevent it from eating (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
# threshes the grain
An ox "threshes the grain" when it walks on or pulls a heavy object over the cut grain to separate the grain from the stalks. The ox was allowed to eat some of the grain as it worked.
# is worthy of
"deserves"