John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:7
But thou shall in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee ,.... Or "in letting go, let go", or "in sending, send away" F1 שלח תשלח "dimittendo dimittes", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; so Ainsworth. ; that is, willingly, certainly, entirely, frequently, always; so the Jewish canons F2 Misn. Cholin, c. 12. sect. 3. ,"if anyone lets her go, and she returns, even four or five times, he is obliged to let her go, as it is said, "in letting go, let go";'nay, Maimonides... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:5-12
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. And yet the significancy and tendency of these statutes, which seem little, are such that,... read more