Deuteronomy Chapter 24 verse 6 Holy Bible
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh `a man's' life to pledge.
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No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
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No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
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No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
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No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a pledge.
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No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.
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`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it `is' he is taking in pledge.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 6-14. - Various prohibitions. Verse 6. - No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge; rather, the hand mill and the upper millstone (literally, the rider) shall not be taken (literally, one shall not take) in pledge. Neither the mill itself nor the upper millstone, the removal of which would render the mill useless, was to be taken. The upper millstone is still called the rider by the Arabs (Hebrew reehebh, Arabic rekkab). For he taketh a man's life to pledge; or for (thereby) life itself is pledged; if a man were deprived of that by which food for the sustaining of life could be prepared, his life itself would be imperiled (cf. Job 22:6; Proverbs 22:27; Amos 2:8).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) The nether or the upper millstone.--Literally, the two millstones, or even the upper one.A man's life.--Literally, a soul. This word connects the two verses (6, 7).
