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to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.
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A Law of Compassion
Commentators agree this law was not a blanket prohibition on all interest, but a specific rule to protect the poor. Charles Ellicott describes it as part of Israel's "poor law," meant to prevent oppression when someone borrowed out of "real distress" for basic needs, not for commercial enterprise. The focus was on compassion within the community.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
Usury: See Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:35–36. Some recent writers on this law have thought that it forbids the putting o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Unto a stranger you may lend upon usury To any Gentile, though some Jewish writers except the Edomites and Ishmaelit…
Presbyterian
It is honorable to shelter and protect the weak, provided they are not wicked. Proselytes and converts to the truth should be treated with particul…
