Deuteronomy 24:6-7

24:6 One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security. ¹ 

24:7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, ²  and regards him as mere property ³  and sells him, that kidnapper ⁴  must die. In this way you will purge ⁵  evil from among you.

[24:6]  ¹ 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.

[24:7]  ² 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.

[24:7]  ³ tn Or “and enslaves him.”

[24:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “that thief.”

[24:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “burn.” See note on the word “purge” in Deut 19:19.