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Deuteronomy 24:6-8
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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.

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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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  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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Deuteronomy 24:6-8
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6 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)

7 If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die.(B) You must purge the evil from among you.(C)

8 In cases of defiling skin diseases,[a] be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical(D) priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them.(E)

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:8 The Hebrew word for defiling skin diseases, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
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