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“When you encounter a bird’s nest along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting on its chicks[a] or eggs, don’t take the mother along with its young.[b] You may take the young, but be sure to release the mother, so that life will go well for you and that you may have a long life.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:6 Lit. on the young
  2. Deuteronomy 22:6 Lit. sons

“If a bird’s nest is found before you[a] on the road in any tree or on the ground, and there are chicks or eggs, and the mother is lying down on the chicks or the eggs, you shall not take the mother along with the young; you shall certainly let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourselves;[b] do this so that it may go well[c] for you and you may live long in the land.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:6 Literally “before your face”
  2. Deuteronomy 22:7 Hebrew “for you”
  3. Deuteronomy 22:7 Literally “he/it is good”
  4. Deuteronomy 22:7 Literally “and you may make long/extend days”