Negative Commandment #536 of 613
Do not intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness, or write the promissory note
Commandment #536 — a prohibition from Exodus 22:25, classified under Loans in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.”
— Exodus 22:25
Hebrew
אִם־כֶּסֶף תַּלְוֶה אֶת־עַמִּי אֶת־הֶעָנִי עִמָּךְ לֹא־תִהְיֶה לוֹ כְּנֹשֶׁה לֹא־תְשִׂימוּן עָלָיו נֶשֶׁךְ׃
Greek (Septuagint)
(22:24) ἐὰν δὲ ἀργύριον ἐκδανείσῃς τῷ ἀδελφῷ τῷ πενιχρῷ παρὰ σοί οὐκ ἔσῃ αὐτὸν κατεπείγων οὐκ ἐπιθήσεις αὐτῷ τόκον
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Loans
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #68
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgmentsCreditor and Debtor
Related Commandments in “Loans”
#526: Lend to the poor and destitute
Exodus 22:25
#527: Do not press the poor and destitute for payment if you know they don't have it
Exodus 22:25
#528: Press the idolater for payment of a loan
Deuteronomy 15:3
#529: The creditor must not forcibly take collateral
Deuteronomy 24:10
#530: Return the collateral to the debtor when needed
Deuteronomy 24:13
#531: Do not delay return of collateral when needed
Deuteronomy 24:12
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