Commentary for Bava Metzia 176:4
לא משיפקסו בבית אי הכי משיפקסו עד שיפקסו מיבעי ליה
— As has been taught: <i>'As thine own person</i>': just as if thou muzzlest thine own [mouth], thou art guiltless, so also, if thou muzzlest [the mouth of] thy labourer, thou art free [from transgression].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., although the labourer is entitled to eat, yet if the employer stipulates that he shall not, or forcibly prevents him — metaphorically referred to as muzzling, cf. Deut. XXV, 4: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn — he is not punished for transgressing the injunction just quoted. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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