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The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 22, Verse 7

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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:
King James Version
[But] thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and [that] thou mayest prolong [thy] days.
American Standard Version
thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
New English Translation
You must be sure to let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourself. Do this so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.
World English Bible
you shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.
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When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
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Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
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Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
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Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together.
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Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself].
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If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
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And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
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Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth [the tokens of] the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
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And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
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And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech [against her], saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these [are the tokens of] my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.