Charles Ellicott Commentary Deuteronomy 22:6

"If a bird`s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:" — Deuteronomy 22:6 (ASV)

If a bird’s nest. —On this precept there is a remarkable comment in the Talmud (Kiddushin, p. 39, b). Rabbi Akiba says, “You will not find a single duty prescribed in the Law with a promise of reward attached to it, which does not also have the resurrection of the dead connected to it. In the command to honor your father and mother, it is written (Deuteronomy 5:16), that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you. In the liberty of the nest it is written (Deuteronomy 22:7), that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days. Suppose a man’s father says to him, ‘Climb up the tower and bring me the young birds.’

He ascends the tower, lets the mother bird go, and takes the young. But on his way back, he falls and is killed. Where is the going well in his case, and where is the prolonging of his days? Yes, but it means that it may go well with you in the world where all goes well, and that your days may be prolonged in that world where all is abiding.”