Deuteronomy 24:6 KJV

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

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  • MillstonesStarts here · next Judges 9:53 · 5 links
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Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
  • Genesis 44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
  • Exodus 22:26–27 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: …
  • Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
  • Revelation 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • No man shall take לֹא lōʾ Negative יַחֲבֹל yaḥăbōl חָבַל Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • the nether רֵחַיִם rēḥayim רֵחֶה Noun · masculine dual
  • or the upper millstone וָרָכֶב wārākeb רֶכֶב Noun · masculine singular · with and
  • to pledge חֹבֵל ḥōbēl חָבַל Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
  • for he taketh הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular חָבַל châbal
  • life כִּי kî Conjunction נֶפֶשׁ nepeš נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • to pledge חָבַל châbal

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