Deuteronomy 24:6
You shall not accept an upper or lower millstone as collateral. For then he will have placed his life with you.
Catholic Public Domain 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 44:30Therefore, if I would have gone to your servant, our father, with the boy not present, (though his life depends upon the life of him)
Deuteronomy 20:19When you will have besieged a city for a long time, and you will have encircled it with fortifications, so that you may fight against it, you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat, neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region. For it is a tree, and not a man. It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.
Revelation 18:22And the sound of singers, and musicians, and flute and trumpet players shall not be heard in you again. And every artisan of every art shall not be found in you again. And the sound of the mill shall not be heard in you again.
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 →