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, (e) thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
(e) If God detests cruelty done to little birds, how much more to man, made according to his image?
These precepts are designed to cultivate a spirit of humanity. Compare Deuteronomy 25:4; Leviticus 22:28; and 1 Corinthians 9:9....
18. AGAINST INHUMANITY AND DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS, False Testimony and Sins of Adultery CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Laws against inhumanity (Deuteronomy 22:1)_ 2. Concerning false testimony (Deuteronomy 22:13)...
See Exodus 23:4 f.* (JE) and Leviticus 6:1 * (P), and _cf._ CH. §§ 9- 13. Deuteronomy 22:5. Peculiar to Dt. In one of the rites of Canaanite, Phœ nician, and Syrian heathenism the sexes changed dresse...
YOUNG.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34) reads "their laying nest": i.e. before all the eggs are laid....
Of Sparing the Mother-bird. Peculiar to D. No reason of ritual such as we found from Deuteronomy 14:21 is traceable here. The motive may be prudence; had it been kindness to animals (as in Deuteronomy...
_VER._ 6. _THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE DAM WITH THE YOUNG_— This is one of those merciful constitutions in the law of Moses, which, inspiring the minds of his people with a regard for the animal creation,...
(3) NESTING BIRDS (Deuteronomy 22:6-7) 6 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 eg...
_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...
LAWS REGARDING LOST PROPERTY, DISTINCTION OF SEX IN APPAREL, AND CHASTITY 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 22 V1 ‘You may see that your neighbour’s *ox or sheep is loose. If you do, you must not avoid i...
IF A BIRD’S NEST. — On this precept there is a remarkable comment in the Talmud (_Kiddushin,_ p. 39, _b_). “Rabbi Akiba says, You will not find a single duty prescribed in the Law with a promise of re...
כִּ֣י יִקָּרֵ֣א קַן ־צִפֹּ֣ור ׀ לְ פָנֶ֡יךָ ב
LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE) IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of religious and moral truth were to some extent inadequate as...
Here we have the record of the laws conditioning life in love and neighborliness. Every man was enjoined to take care of his brother's lost things if he found them; and he was also to help the hurt an...
Thou shalt not take, &c. This was to shew them to exercise a certain mercy even to irrational creatures; and by that means to train them up to a horror of cruelty; and to the exercise of humanity, and...
All I would desire the Reader to remark with me upon this precept is this, that if a gracious GOD judged it proper, to give such a demonstration of his mercy, over all his works, so as to issue a prec...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
Since by this precept God instructed His people in the, law of kindness, it is a Supplement to the Sixth Commandment. Regard was had, indeed, to the preservation of the breed; but, besides, when birds...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
IF A BIRD'S NEST CHANCE TO BE BEFORE THEE IN ANY TREE, OR ON THE GROUND,.... Which are the usual places in which birds build their nests; and this, as Jarchi observes, excepts such nests that are prep...
_Thou shalt not take the dam with the young_ This and such like merciful precepts of the law of Moses tended to humanize the hearts of the Israelites, to produce in them a sense of the divine providen...
1 Of humanitie toward brethren. 5 The sexe is to bee distinguished by apparell. 6 The dam is not to be taken with her yong ones. 8 The house must haue battlements. 9 Confusion is to be auoyded. 1...
VARIOUS MINOR REGULATIONS...
If a bird's nest chance to be before thee, if a person just happens to strike it, 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 UPO...
LAWS THAT TEST TRUE DISCERNMENT (vs.1-12) The laws in this section require a proper consideration of God's creation, whether of humans, animals, birds or even inanimate things. This involves our disc...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 22:6 birds H6833 nest H7064 happens H7122 (H8735) before H6440 way H1870 tree H6086 ground H776 on
TAKING BOTH A BIRD AND ITS YOUNG OR EGGS IS FORBIDDEN (DEUTERONOMY 22:6). Here what was seemly with regard to nature is in mind. Man was able to look on nature as a provider, but was not to treat it w...
ISRAEL MUST AVOID ALL THAT IS UNSEEMLY (DEUTERONOMY 22:5) Israel was to avoid all that was unseemly. That had applied with regard to what living things could be eaten (Deuteronomy 14:3). Now it applie...
CONTENTS: Law of brotherhood, separation, unchaste wives and husbands. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Christianity teaches us to be neighborly and to be ready to do all good offices as we have...
Deuteronomy 22:5. _All that do so are abomination to the Lord._ The note of Maimonides here is, that men presenting themselves before Venus, appeared partially in female attire; and women presenting t...
_If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee._ HOW TO TAKE A BIRD’S NEST Does God take thought for birds, then? Yes, even for birds. They sow not, neither do they reap; yet our heavenly Father feedeth...
BIRD-NESTING 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...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 22:6 Like the treatment of trees in Deuteronomy 20:19, this law preserves life. It requires wise, respectful use of the creation....
CRITICAL NOTES.—The cases stated and provided for in Deuteronomy 22:1 seem selected by way of example, and belong, according to our notions, rather to ethics than to law. It in noteworthy that no pena...
EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST, THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES, THE TAKING OF BIRDS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF
Now in chapter twenty-two, now in those days they punished people for none involvement. If you saw your brother's ox or his sheep going astray, and you just try to ignore it: [you don't go out and get...
Genesis 32:11; Genesis 8:17; Hosea 10:14; Leviticus 22:28; Luke 12:6;...