6If 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:
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And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-12)Here are several laws in these verses which seem to stoop very low, and to take cognizance of things mean and minute. Men’s laws commonly do not so: Deut. minimis non curat lex—The law takes no cognizance of little things ; but because God’s providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, 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.…
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