MILLSTONE

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Not to be taken as a pledge
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. (Deuteronomy 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))
Probably used in executions by drowning
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. (Matthew 18:66But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. (Matthew 18:6))
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. (Mark 9:4242And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. (Mark 9:42))
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. (Luke 17:22It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. (Luke 17:2))
Abimelech killed by one being of hurled upon him
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. (Judges 9:5353And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. (Judges 9:53))
Figurative of a hard heart
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. (Job 41:2424His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. (Job 41:24))