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Deuteronomy 24:5 "When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Deuteronomy 24:7 "If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you. (NASB ©1995)

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

shall take Small hand-mills, which ground at one time only a sufficient quantity for day's consumption; hence they were forbidden to take either of the stones to pledge, because if they did, they would be deprived of the means of preparing their necessary food, and the family be without bread, and the family be without bread. On this account they are called in the text, {a man's life} The same reason holds good against receiving in pledge, or distraining for debt, any instrument of labour, by which men earn their livelihood Ex 22:26,27 Re 18:22

life De 20:19 Ge 44:30 Lu 12:15

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Account Crushed Debt Grain Handmill Hand-mill Livelihood Man's Mill Millstone Millstones Nether None Pledge Rider Security Stones Takes Taketh Taking Upper

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