Deuteronomy 22:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Deuteronomy 22:6 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`When a bird's nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 22:6 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 8:17Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
- Genesis 32:11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
- Leviticus 22:28But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
- Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
- Hosea 10:14the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
- Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
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