VineVerse

Do not demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing food

Commandment 533ProhibitionParashat Ki TetzeCreditor and Debtor

Scripture

"No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

Hebrew

ו לֹא-יַחֲבֹל רֵחַיִם, וָרָכֶב: כִּי-נֶפֶשׁ, הוּא חֹבֵל. {ס}

Greek

Οὐκ ἐνεχυράσεις μύλον οὐδὲ ἐπιμύλιον, ὅτι ψυχὴν οὗτος ἐνεχυράζει.

Classification

  • Parashah: Ki Tetze
  • Mishneh Torah: Judgments — Creditor and Debtor

Stated in

Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.