Maimonides
Not to take in pledge utensils used in preparing food, as it is said, “No man shall take the nether or upper millstone as a pledge” (Deut. 24:6).
Deuteronomy 24:6
- KJV
- No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
- ASV
- No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
- WEB
- No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.
- JPS
- No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.