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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 22:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 22:6 |
Strong Concordance |
If a bird's [06833] nest [07064] chance [07122] to be before [06440] thee in the way [01870] in any tree [06086], or on the ground [0776], whether they be young ones [0667], or eggs [01000], and the dam [0517] sitting [07257] upon the young [0667], or upon the eggs [01000], thou shalt not take [03947] the dam [0517] with the young [01121]: |
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King James |
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: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| If a bird's nest chance to be before thee--This is a beautiful instance of the humanizing spirit of the Mosaic law, in checking a tendency to wanton destructiveness and encouraging a spirit of kind and compassionate tenderness to the tiniest creatures. But there was wisdom as well as humanity in the precept; for, as birds are well known to serve important uses in the economy of nature, the extirpation of a species, whether of edible or ravenous birds, must in any country be productive of serious evils. But Palestine, in particular, was situated in a climate which produced poisonous snakes and scorpions; and the deserts and mountains would have been overrun with them as well as immense swarms of flies, locusts, mice, and vermin of various kinds if the birds which fed upon them were extirpated [MICHAELIS]. Accordingly, the counsel given in this passage was wise as well as humane, to leave the hen undisturbed for the propagation of the species, while the taking of the brood occasionally was permitted as a check to too rapid an increase. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
These precepts are designed to cultivate a spirit of humanity. Compare Deu 25:4; Lev 22:28; and Co1 9:9-10.
Deu 22:8
The roofs of houses in Palestine were flat and used for various purposes. Compare Jos 2:6; Sa2 11:2; Act 10:9, etc. A battlement was almost a necessary protection. It was to be, according to the rabbis, at least two cubits high (about 3 ft.). |
9 [1161] On the morrow [1887], as they [1565] went on their journey [3596], and [2532] drew nigh [1448] unto the city [4172], Peter [4074] went up [305] upon [1909] the housetop [1430] to pray [4336] about [4012] the sixth [1623] hour [5610]:
2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide [06153] [06256], that David [01732] arose [06965] from off his bed [04904], and walked [01980] upon the roof [01406] of the king's [04428] house [01004]: and from the roof [01406] he saw [07200] a woman [0802] washing [07364] herself; and the woman [0802] was very [03966] beautiful [02896] to look upon [04758].
6 But she had brought them up [05927] to the roof [01406] of the house, and hid [02934] them with the stalks [06086] of flax [06593], which she had laid in order [06186] upon the roof [01406].
8 When thou buildest [01129] a new [02319] house [01004], then thou shalt make [06213] a battlement [04624] for thy roof [01406], that thou bring [07760] not blood [01818] upon thine house [01004], if any man [05307] fall [05307] from thence.
9 For [1063] it is written [1125] in [1722] the law [3551] of Moses [3475], Thou shalt [5392] not [3756] muzzle [5392] the mouth of the ox [1016] that treadeth out the corn [248]. [3361] Doth [3199] God [2316] take care [3199] for oxen [1016]?
10 Or [2228] saith he [3004] it altogether [3843] for [1223] our [2248] sakes [1223]? For [1223] our [2248] sakes [1223], no doubt [1063], this is written [1125]: that [3754] he that ploweth [722] should [3784] plow [722] in [1909] hope [1680]; and [2532] that he that thresheth [248] in hope [1680] should be partaker [3348] of [1909] his [846] hope [1680].
28 And whether it be cow [07794] or ewe [07716], ye shall not kill [07819] it and her young [01121] both in one [0259] day [03117].
4 Thou shalt not muzzle [02629] the ox [07794] when he treadeth out [01778] the corn.