Deuteronomy 24:6
Good News Translation
6 “When you lend someone something, you are not to take as security his millstones used for grinding his grain. This would take away the family's means of preparing food to stay alive.
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Deuteronomy 24:6
Living Bible
6 “It is illegal to take a millstone as a pledge, for it is a tool by which its owner gains his livelihood.
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Deuteronomy 24:6
Amplified Bible
Various Laws
6 “No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone [used to grind grain into bread] as security [for a debt], for he would be taking a [person’s] life in pledge.
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Deuteronomy 24:6
The Message
6 Don’t seize a handmill or an upper millstone as collateral for a loan. You’d be seizing someone’s very life.
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