Deuteronomy 22:6
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If thou find as thou walkest by the way, a bird's nest in a tree, or on the ground, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs: thou shalt not take her with her young:

young ones

Leviticus 12:6 And when the days of her purification are expired, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb of a year old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin: and shall deliver them to the priest.

thou shalt not

Genesis 8:17 All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply upon it.

Genesis 32:11 Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him; lest perhaps he come, and kill the mother with the children.

Leviticus 22:28 Whether it be a cow, or a sheep, they shall not be sacrificed the same day with their young ones.

Proverbs 12:10 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.

Hosea 10:14 A tumult shall arise among thy people: and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed as Salmana was destroyed, by the house of him that judged Baal in the day of battle, the mother being dashed in pieces upon her children.

Context
Various Laws
5A woman shall not be clothed with man's apparel, neither shall a man use woman's apparel: for he that doth these things is abominable before God. 6If thou find as thou walkest by the way, a bird's nest in a tree, or on the ground, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs: thou shalt not take her with her young:7But shalt let her go, keeping the young which thou hast caught: that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live a long time.…
Cross References
Leviticus 22:28
Whether it be a cow, or a sheep, they shall not be sacrificed the same day with their young ones.

Deuteronomy 22:5
A woman shall not be clothed with man's apparel, neither shall a man use woman's apparel: for he that doth these things is abominable before God.

Lexicon
If
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you come across
יִקָּרֵ֣א (yiq·qā·rê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7122: To encounter, befall

a bird’s
צִפּ֣וֹר ׀ (ṣip·pō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6833: A little bird

nest
קַן־ (qan-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7064: A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling

with chicks
אֶפְרֹחִים֙ (’ep̄·rō·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 667: The brood of a, bird

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

eggs,
בֵיצִ֔ים (ḇê·ṣîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1000: An egg

either in a tree
עֵ֣ץ ׀ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the ground
הָאָ֗רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

along the road,
בַּדֶּ֜רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

and the mother
וְהָאֵ֤ם (wə·hā·’êm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

is sitting
רֹבֶ֙צֶת֙ (rō·ḇe·ṣeṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7257: To crouch, be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the chicks
הָֽאֶפְרֹחִ֔ים (hā·’ep̄·rō·ḥîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 667: The brood of a, bird

or
א֖וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

eggs,
הַבֵּיצִ֑ים (hab·bê·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1000: An egg

you must not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

take
תִקַּ֥ח (ṯiq·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

the mother
הָאֵ֖ם (hā·’êm)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

along with
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the young.
הַבָּנִֽים׃ (hab·bā·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.If a bird's nest chance to be before you in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the dam with the young:

If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

And if thou shouldest come upon a brood of birds before thy face in the way or upon any tree, or upon the earth, young or eggs, and the mother be brooding on the young or the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young ones.

If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree, or upon the ground, with young or with eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with 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 a bird's nest shall chance to be before thee in the way on any tree, or on the ground, whether with 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 a bird's nest chance to be before you in 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:

'When a bird's nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones;
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