“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Deuteronomy 22 contains 30 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.