“If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:”
If you come across a bird's nest in any tree or on the ground, with fledglings or eggs, and the mother sitting on the fledglings or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young — the bird's nest law appears again, reiterating the principle of protecting reproductive capacity; the repeated occurrence indicates this is foundational to Deuteronomic ethics.
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