Deuteronomy 22:6–7

22:6 If you happen to notice a bird’s nest along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and there are chicks or eggs with the mother bird sitting on them,17 you must not take the mother from the young.18 22:7 You must be sure19 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.

17	tn Heb “and the mother sitting upon the chicks or the eggs.”
18	tn Heb “sons,” used here in a generic sense for offspring.
19	tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “be sure.”