6 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.
Focused Passage
Deuteronomy 24:6
Justice for the Vulnerable and the Limits of Covenant Law
Divorce regulation (vv. 1–4) → protection of the new household (v. 5) → prohibition against seizing livelihood pledges (vv. 6, 10–13) → kidnapping law (vv. 7) → skin disease and Miriam's warning (vv. 8–9) → wage and pledge justice for the poor (vv. 14–15) → individual accountability (v. 16) → justice for the sojourner and widow (v. 17) → redemption memory as motive (vv. 18, 22) → gleaning laws for the threefold vulnerable (vv. 19–22)
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Verse 6
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Do not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle take a pair of millstones רֵחַ֖יִם H7347 Noun - md or even an upper millstone וָרָ֑כֶב H7393 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular as security for a debt יַחֲבֹ֥ל H2254 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular because כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction that would be ה֥וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular taking one’s livelihood נֶ֖פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular as security חֹבֵֽל׃ס H2254 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular