Yoke in OT is referred to in regards to what a King would require as obedience or to show submission to his rulership. It would be described by the people as either a light or heavy burden.
Breaking lose of a yoke was described as being freed.
The Yoked one has a master. And sometimes is yoked to another.
A Yoke is used in training or discipline.
The yoke is an image of subjection, service or bondage, just as yoked animals are in service to their master.
The yoke is an image of joining together in close fellowship, just as two animals are joined together by means of a yoke.
Yoke is sometimes associated with sin around a person’s neck - sin being the master.
The Phariseese who had truned Christian, taught circumcision as a requirement to be saved. Peter referred to this requirement in order to be saved as a yoke and stated a person was saved through the trace of the Lord Jesus Acts 15