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Ox-goad

An ox-goad was a wooden stick, sometimes with a metal point. It was used to spur animals on as they pulled a plough or threshing sled.
In Judges 3:31 the ox-goad is used as a weapon. In that story, judge Shamgar kills 600 Philistines with an ox-goad.

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