Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest
Commandment 537Positive commandmentParashat Ki TetzeCreditor and Debtor
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.
Hebrew
לַנָּכְרִ֣י תַשִּׁ֔יךְ וּלְאָחִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תַשִּׁ֑יךְ לְמַ֨עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֜ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹל֙ מִשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֔ךָ עַל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃
Greek
(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
- Parashah: Ki Tetze
- 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.