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Deuteronômio 24:6

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6 “Não tomem as duas pedras de moinho, nem mesmo apenas a pedra de cima, como garantia de uma dívida, pois isso seria tomar como garantia o meio de subsistência do devedor.

Deuteronômio 24:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 24:6

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge,
&c.] The first word being of the dual number takes in both stones, wherefore Vatablus renders the words,

``ye shall not take for a pledge both the millstones, nor indeed the uppermost;''

which is the least; so far should they be from taking both, that they were not allowed to take the uppermost, which was the shortest, meanest, and lightest; and indeed if anyone of them was taken, the other became useless, so that neither was to be taken:

for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge;
or with which his life is supported, and the life of his family; for if he has corn to supply them with, yet if his mill or millstones are pawned, he cannot grind his corn, and so he and his family must starve: and in those times and countries they did, as the Arabs do to this day, as Dr. Shaw F4 relates,

``most families grind their wheat and barley at home, having two portable millstones for that purpose; the uppermost whereof is turned round by a small handle of wood or iron, that is placed in the rim;''

and these millstones being portable, might be the more easily taken for pledges, which is here forbidden, for the above reason; and this takes in any other thing whatever, on which a man's living depends, or by which he gets his bread F5.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 Travels, p. 231. Edit. 2.
F5 Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 9. sect. 13.
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Deuteronômio 24:6 In-Context

4 o primeiro, que se divorciou dela, não poderá casar-se com ela de novo, visto que ela foi contaminada. Seria detestável para o SENHOR. Não tragam pecado sobre a terra que o SENHOR, o seu Deus, dá a vocês por herança.
5 “Se um homem tiver se casado recentemente, não será enviado à guerra, nem assumirá nenhum compromisso público. Durante um ano estará livre para ficar em casa e fazer feliz a mulher com quem se casou.
6 “Não tomem as duas pedras de moinho, nem mesmo apenas a pedra de cima, como garantia de uma dívida, pois isso seria tomar como garantia o meio de subsistência do devedor.
7 “Se um homem for pego sequestrando um dos seus irmãos israelitas, tratando-o como escravo ou vendendo-o, o sequestrador terá que morrer. Eliminem o mal do meio de vocês.
8 “Nos casos de doenças de lepra, tenham todo o cuidado de seguir exatamente as instruções dos sacerdotes levitas. Sigam cuidadosamente o que eu ordenei a eles.
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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