Deut.24.6

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Deut.24.6

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Deut.24.6

Don't seize a handmill or an upper millstone as collateral for a loan. You'd be seizing someone's very life.

Deut.24.6

Do not take a pair of millstones-not even the upper one-as security for a debt, because that would be taking a man's livelihood as security.

Deut.24.6

"No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one's living in pledge.

Deut.24.6

"It is wrong to take a pair of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as a pledge, for the owner uses it to make a living.