Essay for Deuteronomy 24:6
לֹא־יַחֲבֹ֥ל רֵחַ֖יִם וָרָ֑כֶב כִּי־נֶ֖פֶשׁ ה֥וּא חֹבֵֽל׃ (ס)
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox
Even debt is a situation that must be handled sensitively; unfair collateral is not to be taken.
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