Deuteronomy 24:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that they will pay back the loan. But don't take one or both of their millstones, or else they may starve. They need these stones for grinding grain into flour to make bread.

Cross References

Genesis 44:30

That's why Benjamin must be with us when I go back to my father. He loves him so much

Job 22:6

To guarantee payment of a debt, you have taken clothes from the poor.

Matthew 24:41

Two women will be together grinding grain, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.

Luke 12:15

Then he said to the crowd, “Don't be greedy! Owning a lot of things won't make your life safe.”

Deuteronomy 20:19

When you are attacking a town, don't chop down its fruit trees, not even if you have had the town surrounded for a long time. Fruit trees aren't your enemies, and they produce food that you can eat, so don't cut them down.

Deuteronomy 24:5

If a man and a woman have been married less than one year, he must not be sent off to war or sent away to do forced labour. He must be allowed to stay home for a year and be happy with his wife.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If you are guilty of kidnapping Israelites and forcing them into slavery, you will be put to death to remove this evil from the community.

Revelation 18:22

The music of harps and singers and of flutes and trumpets will no longer be heard. No workers will ever set up shop in that city, and the sound of grinding grain will be silenced for ever.