Deuteronomy 22:6
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.
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Cross references
- Leviticus 22:28 Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
- Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
- Genesis 8:17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”