Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 22:6-7

Covenant Order: Neighbor, Creation, and Sexual Holiness

The chapter moves from concrete acts of community care for neighbor and creature (vv. 1–8), through laws protecting created distinctions in the natural order (vv. 9–12), into a sustained legislation of sexual holiness, marital fidelity, and covenant purity (vv. 13–30), grounding neighbor-love and sexual ethics together in the covenant order Israel bears before God.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

6 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.

7 You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

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References and Original Words

Verse 6

Cross-references

Leviticus 22:28 Classic cross-references Proverbs 12:10 Classic cross-references Genesis 8:17 Classic cross-references Luke 12:6 Classic cross-references

Original words

If כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction you come across יִקָּרֵ֣א H7122 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a bird’s צִפּ֣וֹר׀ H6833 Noun - common singular . . . לְפָנֶ֡יךָ H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular nest קַן־ H7064 Noun - masculine singular construct with chicks אֶפְרֹחִים֙ H667 Noun - masculine plural or א֣וֹ H176 Conjunction eggs בֵיצִ֔ים H1000 Noun - feminine plural either in a tree עֵ֣ץ׀ H6086 Noun - masculine singular or א֣וֹ H176 Conjunction on עַל־ H5921 Preposition the ground הָאָ֗רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular along the road בַּדֶּ֜רֶךְ H1870 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular . . . בְּכָל־ H3605 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct and the mother וְהָאֵ֤ם H517 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular is sitting רֹבֶ֙צֶת֙ H7257 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition the chicks הָֽאֶפְרֹחִ֔ים H667 Article | Noun - masculine plural or א֖וֹ H176 Conjunction eggs הַבֵּיצִ֑ים H1000 Article | Noun - feminine plural you must not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle take תִקַּ֥ח H3947 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular the mother הָאֵ֖ם H517 Article | Noun - feminine singular . . . עַל־ H5921 Preposition along with עַל־ H5921 Preposition the young הַבָּנִֽים׃ H1121 Article | Noun - masculine plural

Verse 7

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 4:40 Classic cross-references Ephesians 6:3 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 6:2 Classic cross-references

Original words

You may take תִּֽקַּֽח־ H3947 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular the young הַבָּנִ֖ים H1121 Article | Noun - masculine plural but be sure to let the mother הָאֵ֔ם H517 Article | Noun - feminine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker go שַׁלֵּ֤חַ H7971 Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute . . . תְּשַׁלַּח֙ H7971 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker so that לְמַ֙עַן֙ H4616 Conjunction it may be well יִ֣יטַב H3190 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular with you לָ֔ךְ Preposition | second person masculine singular and that you may prolong וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֖ H748 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular your days יָמִֽים׃ס H3117 Noun - masculine plural

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