Deuteronomy 24:6
King James Version (KJV)
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
American Standard Version (ASV)
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.
World English Bible (WEB)
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes a life in pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:6 Cross References
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;
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:
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.
