Deuteronomy 22:7 - Tree of Life Version You must certainly let the hen go, but the young you may take for yourself so that it may go well with you and you may prolong your days. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall surely let the mother bird go, and take only the young, that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible You must let the mother go, though you may take the young for yourself so that things go well for you and so you can prolong your life. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, you shall permit her to go, retaining the young that you have caught, so that it may be well with you, and you may live for a long time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But shalt let her go, keeping the young which thou hast caught: that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live a long time. |
If it is a cow or ewe, you are not to slaughter it along with its young, both in one day.
“When you build a new house, you are to make a guardrail for your roof, so that you do not bring the guilt of blood on your house if anyone falls from it.
You must keep His statutes and His mitzvot, which I am commanding you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and so that you may prolong your days in the land that Adonai your God is giving you for all time.”