“Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Leviticus 22 contains 33 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.