Do not press the poor and destitute for payment if you know they don't have it
Commandment 527ProhibitionParashat MishpatimCreditor and Debtor
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.
Hebrew
אִם־כֶּסֶף תַּלְוֶה אֶת־עַמִּי אֶת־הֶעָנִי עִמָּךְ לֹא־תִהְיֶה לוֹ כְּנֹשֶׁה לֹא־תְשִׂימוּן עָלָיו נֶשֶׁךְ׃
Greek
(22:24) ἐὰν δὲ ἀργύριον ἐκδανείσῃς τῷ ἀδελφῷ τῷ πενιχρῷ παρὰ σοί, οὐκ ἔσῃ αὐτὸν κατεπείγων, οὐκ ἐπιθήσεις αὐτῷ τόκον.
Classification
- Parashah: Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch: 67
- Mishneh Torah: Judgments — Creditor and Debtor
Stated in
Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.