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If you come across a bird’s nest on the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young. You shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.

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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