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Deuteronomy 24:6

Poverty and the vulnerable

4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

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

7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 20:19

    When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:

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  • Luke 12:15

    And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

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  • Revelation 18:22

    And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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  • Genesis 44:30

    Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

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  • Exodus 22:26–27

    If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

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