Deu 24:6 | NETfull | STEP | One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

Deuteronomy 24:6

6 One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security. ^{▼▼ Taking millstones as security on a loan would amount to taking the owner’s own life in pledge, since the millstones were the owner’s means of earning a living and supporting his family.}