Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 177:2

לאקושי חוסם לנחסם ונחסם לחוסם מה חוסם אוכל במחובר אף נחסם אוכל במחובר ומה נחסם אוכל בתלוש אף חוסם אוכל בתלוש

then Scripture should have written, 'Thou shalt not thresh with muzzled [animals]:' why write, 'ox'? To assimilate the muzzler [sc. man] to the muzzled [sc. ox and animals in general], and vice versa. Just as the muzzler [man] may eat of what is attached, so the muzzled may eat of what is attached; and just as the muzzled may eat of what is detached, so the muzzler may eat of what is detached.

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