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Incidental Rules. A woman is not to wear a man’s clothing, nor is a man to wear a woman’s clothing. The Lord, your God, detests all who do such things.[a]

If you come across a bird’s nest with young ones or eggs along the way, either in a tree or lying on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting upon the young ones or the eggs, do not take the mother with the young. You can take the young ones, but let the mother go, so that things may go well with you and you may live a long life.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:5 Syrian and Canaanite practices, perhaps connected with sacral prostitution.