“If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.”
Deuteronomy 22:8 (BSB)
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6If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young. 7You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. 8If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it. 9Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled — both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard. 10Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.