Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 24:6

6 No man shall take the nether or the upper milstone to pledge: for he taketh a mans life to pledge.

Used in their handmills, of which see Exod. 11. 5. Numb. 11. 28. Ier. 25. 10. Under this one kind he understands all other things necessary to get a livelihood, the taking away whereof is against the Laws both of charity and prudence, seeing by those things alone he can be enabled both to subsist and to pay his debts.

(i. e.) His livelihood, or the necessary supports of his life.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word] ▪