Deuteronomy 24:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

millstone. Hand-mills found in every house. Corn ground daily.

pledge. Hebrew. kabal = something tied up with. cord, hence the term bond (= bound); compare Ex. Deuteronomy 22:26, transferred to the person so bound. Compare Deuteronomy 24:10-13.

life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

Deuteronomy 24:6

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