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CHAPTER XXXIX, 6-15.
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not, how that which belongs to the sequestrator is to come into the possession of the sequestrator, and when; when it is the sheep or beast of burden of a sequestrator, how it is to come into the possession of that sequestrator ; when the sheep or beast of burden which is seized dies in the possession of the sequestrator, how and how long he has to shelter (sradan) the young ones (gurgs) and wool of the same several sheep; and the sin when he does not shelter them, or does it otherwise.
12. About a sheep 2 which is mingled among the flock of any one that is in sequestration, how it is when the shepherd, and how it is when the shepherd's dog, is its own; and when it is mingled among any flock owing to sequestration, how it is when the shepherd, and how it is when the shepherd's dog, [who is its own]: goes to another flock; how it is when the first flock-owner, and how it is when the second, is its own. 13. About the killing of a seized sheep by a shepherd's dog for necessary provisions ; that is, how it is allowable, and in what mode it is to be done.
14. About him unto whom the sheep or beast of burden which is seized is delivered when it comes into a district; and the sequestrator's informing the governor of the district, in whose herd the sheep or beast of burden which is seized remains, as to the species, colour, and form of it 15. Watching over
· Perhaps another sequestrator is meant.
? The first case seems to be that of an unseized sheep in a seized flock, and the second that of a seized sheep in an unseized flock.
The words in brackets are supplied by guess, to fill up a blank space left by the repairer of the MS. on one of his patches.
* Reading va-darand-i denman.
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