- shall take:
- Small hand-mills, which ground at one time only a sufficient quantity for a day's consumption; hence they were forbidden to take either of the stones to pledge, because if they did, they would be deprived of the means of preparing their necessary food, and the family be without bread. On this account they are called in the text, a man's life. The same reason holds good against receiving in pledge, or distraining for debt, any instrument of labour, by which men earn their livelihood. "If¹ thou at all²° take²° thy neighbour's² raiment² to pledge,ª°¹¹ thou shalt deliverª° it unto him by² that¹ the sunª goeth down:ª° ... For¹ that¹ [is] his coveringª only,¹ it¹ [is] his raimentª for his skin:ª wherein¹ shall he sleep?ª° and it shall come to pass,¹ when¹ he criethª° unto¹ me, that I will hear;ª° for¹ I¹ [am] gracious.ª" {Exd 22:26-27} + "Andª the voiceª of harpers,ª andª musicians,ª andª of pipers,ª andª trumpeters,ª shall be heardª° no more² at allª¹ inª thee;ª and² noª² craftsman,ª of whatsoeverª craftª [he be], shall be foundª° any moreª¹ inª thee;ª andª the soundª of a millstoneª shall be heardª° no more² at allª¹ inª thee;ª" {Rev 18:22}
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