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.