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Dam
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(אֵם, mother), the female parent of young birds (Deuteronomy 22:6-7), or lambs (Exodus 22:30; Leviticus 22:27). With the Mosaic regulations of merciful treatment toward these creatures spoken of in these passages, compare the similar ordinance respecting boiling a kid in its own mother's milk (Exodus 23:19), and the treatise of Heumann, De legis paradoxe (Gott. 1748, and in his Syllog. Diss. 2; 282 sq.). (See BEAST).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Dam'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/dam.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Dam'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/dam.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
