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Positive Commandment #537 of 613

Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest

Commandment #537a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 23:20, classified under Loans in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to possess.

Deuteronomy 23:20

Hebrew

לַנָּכְרִ֣י תַשִּׁ֔יךְ וּלְאָחִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תַשִּׁ֑יךְ לְמַ֨עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֜ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹל֙ מִשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֔ךָ עַל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃

Greek (Septuagint)

(23:21) τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ ἐκτοκιεῗς τῷ δὲ ἀδελφῷ σου οὐκ ἐκτοκιεῗς ἵνα εὐλογήσῃ σε κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐν πᾶσι τοῗς ἔργοις σου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἰς ἣν εἰσπορεύῃ ἐκεῗ κληρονομῆσαι αὐτήν

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Category
Loans
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
23

Scholarly References

Parashah
Ki Tetze
Mishneh Torah
JudgmentsCreditor and Debtor

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