⁶ “You might find a bird’s nest by the road, in a tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs. If you find the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young. ⁷ Be sure to let the mother go. But you may take the young for yourself. Then it will go well with you, and you will live long.

⁸ “When you build a new house, you should put a short wall around your roof. Then no one will fall from it and bring the guilt of blood upon your house.