6Do 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 notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particletake a pair of millstonesרֵחַ֖יִםH7347Noun - mdor even an upper millstoneוָרָ֑כֶבH7393Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularas security for a debtיַחֲבֹ֥לH2254Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularbecauseכִּי־H3588Conjunctionthat would beה֥וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singulartaking one’s livelihoodנֶ֖פֶשׁH5315Noun - feminine singularas securityחֹבֵֽל׃סH2254Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular