The wooden beam secured around the neck of these two oxen is a yoke. If the yoke is not adjusted properly the weight is unevenly distributed between the two animals. This makes them, as a whole, less effective in carrying loads. For heightened productivity and to lessen the strain placed on a single animal (and hence degeneration of the animal with the heavier load), the two oxen must be EQUALLY yoked. Now do you get it?
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| Unequally yoked animals: donkey and camel. |
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| Equally yoked oxen carrying load. |
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| Being unequally yoked causes strain and tension. |
"Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together." - Deuteronomy 22:10
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