*If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
Deuteronomy 15:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is with your brother your hand shall release. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother [Israelite] your hand shall release. American Standard Version (1901) Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release. Common English Bible You are allowed to demand payment from foreigners, but whatever is owed you from your fellow Israelites you must forgive. Catholic Public Domain Version From the sojourner and the new arrival, you may require its return. From your fellow countryman and neighbor, you will not have the power to request its return. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of the foreigner or stranger thou mayst exact it: Of thy countryman and neighbour thou shalt not have power to demand it again. |
*If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
A bondservant doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
This is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because the LORD's release has been proclaimed.
to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.
When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.