Deuteronomy 24:6-9 - Safeguarding Life

⁶ “Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.

⁷ “If a man is discovered kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from you.

⁸ “Be careful in a case of infectious skin disease, following carefully everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. ⁹ Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the journey after you left Egypt.