An “unequally yoked” team has one stronger ox and one weaker, or one taller and one shorter. When oxen are unequally yoked, they cannot perform the task set before them. Instead of working together, they are at odds with one another.

What does the Bible mean by yoke?

In 60 scriptures in the Bible, the word yoke was used to connotate slavery, servitude or influence in familial relationships and religious ones. In other words, the meaning of “my yoke is easy” could be, “my service or burden is easy.”

Whats the purpose of a yoke?

Yoke, wooden bar or frame used to join draft animals at the heads or necks so that they pull together. In the early Middle East and in Greece and Rome, oxen and onagers were yoked across the horns or necks. Control of a team of yoked beasts was difficult.

What is the purpose of yoke?

A yoke is a wooden beam normally used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs, as oxen usually do; some yokes are fitted to individual animals. There are several types of yoke, used in different cultures, and for different types of oxen.