SinaiDeuteronomy 24:6
American Standard Version
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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Deuteronomy 24:6 in other translations
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:6 in context
- 4her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Jehovah: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
- 5When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.
- 6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
- 7If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
- 8Take 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.