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Deuteronomy 23:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

You may charge a foreigner interest, but you must not charge your brother Israelite interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you do  in the land you are entering to possess.

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Give to him, and don’t have a stingy heart  when you give, and because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you do.


You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.


‘You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a resident foreigner within your city gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.


Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work,  because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.


And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid   at the resurrection of the righteous.’


If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land.


Kindness to the poor is a loan to the  Lord, and he will give a reward to the lender.  ,


The Lord will open for you his abundant storehouse,  the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands.  You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.


‘If you lend silver to my people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a creditor to him; you must not charge him interest.


Do not profit or take interest from him,  but fear your God and let your brother live among you.


After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, ‘Each of you is charging his countrymen interest.’  So I called a large assembly against them


people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.


He doesn’t lend at interest or for profit  but keeps his hand from injustice and carries out true justice between men.


My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.





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