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A clothed woman grinds grain with an oval handstone on a long lower grinding slab.
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Deuteronomy 24:6

Do Not Pledge the Millstones

Return the Cloak and Leave the Harvest · Deuteronomy 24

Story guide: The two grinding stones prepare household food, showing why neither may be taken as a pledge.

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6No one shall take a pair of millstones, or even the upper millstone, as a pledge, for he would be taking a life as a pledge.

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