Deuteronomy 22:6-8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁶ 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:

⁷ But 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.

⁸ When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a battlement to the roof round about: lest blood be shed in thy house, and thou be guilty, if any one slip, and fall down headlong.