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Deuteronomy 24:6-8
New English Translation

6 One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.[a]

7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites,[b] and regards him as mere property[c] and sells him, that kidnapper[d] must die. In this way you will purge[e] the evil from among you.

Respect for Human Dignity

8 Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely[f] all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:6 sn Taking millstones as security on a loan would amount to taking the owner’s own life in pledge, since the millstones were the owner’s means of earning a living and supporting his family.
  2. Deuteronomy 24:7 tn Heb “from his brothers, from the sons of Israel.” The terms “brothers” and “sons of Israel” are in apposition; the second defines the first more specifically.
  3. Deuteronomy 24:7 tn Or “and enslaves him.”
  4. Deuteronomy 24:7 tn Heb “that thief.”
  5. Deuteronomy 24:7 tn Heb “burn.” See note on the word “purge” in Deut 19:19.
  6. Deuteronomy 24:8 tn Heb “to watch carefully and to do.”
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