Positive Commandment #537 of 613
Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest
Commandment #537 — a 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
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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