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Deuteronomy 24:6

Poverty and the vulnerable

4 then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

5 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.

7 If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.

8 In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
KJV
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
WEB
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.
ASV
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh [a man`s] life to pledge.
DARBY
No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
BLB
No one shall take in pledge the lower or the upper millstone, for it is a life for a pledge.
ÅB
Ingen må ta en håndkvern eller en kvernsten i pant; for da tar han livet i pant.
OTB
Ikke ta en håndkvern eller til og med den øvre kvernsteinen som sikkerhet for en gjeld, for det ville være å ta noens levebrød som pant.
B1930
Ingen må ta en håndkvern eller en kvernsten i pant; for da tar han livet i pant.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 20:19

    When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?

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  • Luke 12:15

    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

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  • Revelation 18:22

    And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.

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  • Genesis 44:30

    So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,

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  • Exodus 22:26–27

    If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

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