Verse 6

Deuteronomy 24:6

New King James Version

6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹא יַחֲבֹ֥ל רֵחַ֖יִם וָ/רָ֑כֶב כִּי נֶ֖פֶשׁ ה֥וּא חֹבֵֽל
English Translation
A person shall not harm a soul, for it is a life that he harms.
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Chapter 24 Context
1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his ey... Focus ↗
2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife. Focus ↗
3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand,... Focus ↗
4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is de... Focus ↗
5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any b... Focus ↗
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... Focus ↗
8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the p... Focus ↗
9 Remember what the LORD thy God (Elohim) did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth ou... Focus ↗
10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Focus ↗
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto t... Focus ↗
12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: Focus ↗
13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in hi... Focus ↗
14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of... Focus ↗
15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and... Focus ↗
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death f... Focus ↗
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raim... Focus ↗
18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God (Elohim) redeemed th... Focus ↗
19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt... Focus ↗
20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the str... Focus ↗
21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for t... Focus ↗
22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to d... Focus ↗