Deuteronomy 22:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 ¶ Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass nor his ox fall down by the way, and withdraw thyself from them, but shalt lift them up with him.
5 The [a]woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto the man, neither shalt a man put on woman’s raiment: for all that do so, are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
6 ¶ If thou find a bird’s nest in the way, in any tree, or on the ground whether they be young or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, [b]thou shalt not take the dam with the young,
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- Deuteronomy 22:5 For that were to alter the order of nature, and to despite God.
- Deuteronomy 22:6 If God detests cruelty done to little birds, how much more to man, made according to his image?
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