Leviticus Chapter 22 verse 28 Holy Bible
And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
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A cow or a sheep may not be put to death with its young on the same day.
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A cow, or sheep -- it and its young shall ye not slaughter in one day.
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And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
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And whether it is cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
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Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
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but an ox or sheep -- it and its young one, ye do not slaughter in one day.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - A lesson of charity is added. A young animal and its mother are not to be killed (though reference is specially made to sacrifice, the general word, not the sacrificial term, for slaying is used) on the same day, just as the kid is not to be seethed in its mother's milk (Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 14:21), nor the mother bird be taken from the nest with the young (Deuteronomy 22:6). Thus we see that the feelings of the human heart arc not to be rudely shocked by an act of apparent cruelty, even when no harm is thereby done to the object of that act. Mercy is to be taught by forbidding anything which may blunt the sentiment of mercy in the human heart.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Not kill it and her young both in one day.--According to the ancient canons, this prohibition to slaughter the dam and its youngling the same day was not only designed to remind the Israelites of the sacred relations which exist between parent and offspring, but was especially intended to keep up feelings of humanity. Hence the ancient Chaldee version begins this injunction with the words, "My people the children of Israel, as our Father is merciful in heaven, so be ye merciful on earth."