Bars of your Yoke מֹטֹ֣ת עֻלְּכֶ֔ם

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We are in chapter twenty-six of Leviticus with our word for today which is a phrase. מֹטֹ֣ת עֻלְּכֶ֔ם bars of your yoke. It is used twice in the Old Testament. The two words that make up our phrase are מוֹטָה used 12 times in the Old Testament and עֹל used 40 times in the Old Testament. Let’s look at the first word in our phrase. מוֹטָה yoke, carrying pole. This word is used in the sense yoke bar, a bar that forms the part of the structure of a yoke. Even though this word is used without the other word in our phrase it is usually translated similarly to our phrase. Jeremiah 27:2 Thus the Lord…