Deuteronomy 22:7

you certainly send the mother away, and take the young ones for yourself, so that it is well with you and you have prolonged days.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

In Context

6When a bird’s nest comes before you in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, [with] brood or eggs, and the mother is sitting on the brood or on the eggs, you do not take the mother with the young ones;

8When you build a new house, then you have made a parapet for your roof, and you do not put blood on your house when one falls from it.

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Cross References

Leviticus 22:28but an ox or sheep—you do not slaughter it and its young one in one day.

Proverbs 22:4The end of humility [is] the fear of YHWH, riches, and honor, and life.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:6-13

Various Prohibitions. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well… Read the whole commentary →

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