Safeguarding Life

“Do not take a pair of grindstones or even the upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.

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Do not take a pair of millstones—not even the upper one—as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security.(A)

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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.

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20 The person who sins is the one who will die.(A) A son won’t suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity, and a father won’t suffer punishment for the son’s iniquity.(B) The righteousness of the righteous person will be on him,(C) and the wickedness of the wicked person will be on him.(D)

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20 The one who sins is the one who will die.(A) The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.(B)

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20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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