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Mill

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(grind). A mortar and pestle; or, two stones, upper and nether, the former turned by hand (Job 41:24²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. (Job 41:24); Isa. 47:1-2¹Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. ²Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. (Isaiah 47:1‑2); Matt. 24:41⁴¹Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. (Matthew 24:41)). Millstones not pawnable (Deut. 24:6⁶No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. (Deuteronomy 24:6)).

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