and (A)all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well.

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Every firstborn(A) son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill,(B) and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.

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Various Laws

“No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor’s [a]means of life as a pledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:6 Lit soul

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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Take the (A)millstones and (B)grind flour.
Remove your (C)veil, (D)strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.

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Take millstones(A) and grind(B) flour;
    take off your veil.(C)
Lift up your skirts,(D) bare your legs,
    and wade through the streams.

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