Deuteronomy 22:7

You shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take for yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.

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WEBBE

You shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

BBE

See that you let the mother bird go, but the young ones you may take; so it will be well for you and your life will be long.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 5–12

God's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye and care. Yet the tendency of these laws, which seem little, is such, that being found among the things of God's law, they are to be accounted great things. If we would prove ourselves to be God's people, we must have respect to his will and to his glory, and not to the vain fashions of the world. Even in putting on our garments, as in eating or in drinking, all must be done with a serious regard to preserve our own and others' purity in heart and actions. Our eye should be single, our heart simple, and our behaviour all of a piece.

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