Deuteronomy 24:6
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes life to pledge.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 44:30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life,
Deuteronomy 20:19When thou shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shall not destroy the trees of it by wielding an axe against them, for thou may eat of them. And thou shall not cut them down, for is the tree of
Revelation 18:22And a sound of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters will, no, not be heard in thee any more. And every craftsman of every craft will, no, not be found in thee any more. And a sound of a millstone will, no, not be
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:6-14
The Law of Divorce. ( b. c. 1451.) 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. 6 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… Read the whole commentary →