4:32 Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind 1 on the earth, and ask 2 from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.
12:15 On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you 3 in all your villages. 4 Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.
22:6 If you happen to notice a bird’s nest along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and there are chicks or eggs with the mother bird sitting on them, 5 you must not take the mother from the young. 6
1 tn The Hebrew term אָדָם (’adam) may refer either to Adam or, more likely, to “man” in the sense of the human race (“mankind,” “humankind”). The idea here seems more universal in scope than reference to Adam alone would suggest.
2 tn The verb is not present in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for clarification. The challenge has both temporal and geographical dimensions. The people are challenged to (1) inquire about the entire scope of past history and (2) conduct their investigation on a worldwide scale.
3 tn Heb “only in all the desire of your soul you may sacrifice and eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given to you.”
4 tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB; likewise in vv. 17, 18).
5 tn Heb “and the mother sitting upon the chicks or the eggs.”
6 tn Heb “sons,” used here in a generic sense for offspring.