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usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money <i>or</i> food <i>or</i> anything that is lent out at interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You are not to charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, <i>or</i> anything that may be loaned on interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, <i>or</i> anything that may be loaned at interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“You shall not charge interest to your brother: interest on money, food, <i>or</i> anything that may be loaned at interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You shall not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—interest on money, food or anything that may be loaned for interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Do not charge your brother interest on silver, food, or anything that can earn interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or anything that can earn interest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When you lend money, food, or anything else to another Israelite, you are not allowed to charge interest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Never charge another Israelite any interest on money, food, or anything else that is borrowed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"When you lend money or food or anything else to Israelites, do not charge them interest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Don't charge interest to your relatives, whether for money, food, or for anything that has been loaned at interest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You do not lend in usury to your brother—usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of silver, interest of food, interest of any word which shall be lent on interest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You shall not lend money, or grain, or anything else at all, to your brother at interest, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall not demand interest from your kindred on a loan of money or of food or of anything else which is loaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall not charge interest on loans to another Israelite, interest on money, interest on provisions, interest on anything that is lent.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall not lend with interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of grain, and the interest of anything that is lent with interest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You shall not increase interest of money by your brother, or interest of grain or interest of anything that grows:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt not lend to thy brother on usury of silver, or usury of meat, or usury of any thing which thou mayest lend out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=6380" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Miscellaneous Laws</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5391.htm" title="5391: ṯaš·šîḵ (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to strike with a sting; figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan.">charge</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: lə·’ā·ḥî·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">your brother</a> <a href="/hebrew/5392.htm" title="5392: ne·šeḵ (N-msc) -- Interest, usury. From nashak; interest on a debt.">interest</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ke·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">on money,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5392.htm" title="5392: ne·šeḵ (N-msc) -- Interest, usury. From nashak; interest on a debt."></a> <a href="/hebrew/400.htm" title="400: ’ō·ḵel (N-ms) -- Food. From 'akal; food.">food,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5392.htm" title="5392: ne·šeḵ (N-msc) -- Interest, usury. From nashak; interest on a debt."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">or any</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: dā·ḇār (N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">other</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5391.htm" title="5391: yiš·šāḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to strike with a sting; figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan.">type of loan.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/22-25.htm">Exodus 22:25</a></span><br />If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Leviticus 25:35-37</a></span><br />Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you. / Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you. / You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/5-7.htm">Nehemiah 5:7-10</a></span><br />and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them / and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say. / So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/15-5.htm">Psalm 15:5</a></span><br />who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-8.htm">Proverbs 28:8</a></span><br />He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-8.htm">Ezekiel 18:8</a></span><br />He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-13.htm">Ezekiel 18:13</a></span><br />He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-17.htm">Ezekiel 18:17</a></span><br />He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Ezekiel 22:12</a></span><br />In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-42.htm">Matthew 5:42</a></span><br />Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-34.htm">Luke 6:34-35</a></span><br />And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. / But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-23.htm">Luke 19:23</a></span><br />Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-8.htm">Romans 13:8</a></span><br />Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">1 Corinthians 6:10</a></span><br />nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-14.htm">2 Corinthians 8:14</a></span><br />At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way there will be equality.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall not lend on usury to your brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent on usury:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/22-25.htm">Exodus 22:25</a></b></br> If thou lend money to <i>any of</i> my people <i>that is</i> poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Leviticus 25:35-37</a></b></br> And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: <i>yea, though he be</i> a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/5-1.htm">Nehemiah 5:1-7</a></b></br> And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/22-20.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-18.htm">Countrymen</a> <a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Earn</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-37.htm">Interest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-8.htm">Lend</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Money</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-37.htm">Usury</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-37.htm">Victuals</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-1.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm">Countrymen</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm">Earn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm">Interest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm">Lend</a> <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Money</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm">Usury</a> <a href="/joshua/1-11.htm">Victuals</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-14.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-1.htm">Who may or may not enter into the congregation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-9.htm">Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-15.htm">Of the fugitive servant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Of filthiness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Of abominable sacrifices</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Of usury</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm">Of vows</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-24.htm">Of trespass</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Do not charge your brother interest</b><br>This command is rooted in the covenantal relationship among the Israelites, emphasizing the importance of community and mutual support. In ancient Israel, the term "brother" refers to fellow Israelites, highlighting the familial bond within the nation. Charging interest, or usury, was seen as exploiting a brother's misfortune, contrary to the spirit of generosity and care that God desired for His people. This principle is echoed in other parts of the Old Testament, such as <a href="/exodus/22-25.htm">Exodus 22:25</a> and <a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Leviticus 25:35-37</a>, where lending without interest is encouraged to prevent the impoverishment of fellow Israelites. The prohibition against interest underscores the call to trust in God's provision rather than exploiting others for personal gain.<p><b>on money, food,</b><br>The inclusion of both money and food indicates the comprehensive nature of this command. In an agrarian society, food was a critical resource, and lending it without interest ensured that those in need could survive without being burdened by debt. This reflects the broader biblical principle of caring for the poor and vulnerable, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a>, which states that lending to the poor is akin to lending to the Lord. The command to lend freely without interest is a practical application of loving one's neighbor, a theme that runs throughout Scripture.<p><b>or any other type of loan.</b><br>This phrase broadens the scope of the command to include all forms of lending, ensuring that the principle of generosity and support extends to every aspect of life. It reflects the holistic approach of the Mosaic Law, which sought to create a just and equitable society. The prohibition against interest on any loan is a safeguard against the accumulation of wealth at the expense of others, promoting a community where resources are shared and needs are met. This principle is later echoed in the teachings of Jesus, who emphasized the importance of giving without expecting anything in return (<a href="/luke/6-34.htm">Luke 6:34-35</a>), pointing to the kingdom values of selflessness and love.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the law, God's chosen people, who are being instructed on how to live in community.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The context in which these laws are given, as the Israelites prepare to enter and settle in the land God promised them.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support_and_compassion.htm">Community Support and Compassion</a></b><br>The prohibition against charging interest to a fellow Israelite underscores the importance of supporting one another within the community. It encourages believers to prioritize relationships over financial gain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>By not charging interest, Israelites were to trust in God's provision rather than relying on financial exploitation. This principle can be applied today by trusting God to meet our needs as we act with integrity and generosity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_god's_character.htm">Reflecting God's Character</a></b><br>God's laws reflect His character of justice, mercy, and love. By adhering to these principles, believers demonstrate God's nature to the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_generosity.htm">Practical Generosity</a></b><br>This command encourages practical generosity, urging believers to help those in need without seeking personal gain. It challenges us to consider how we can support others in our communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/financial_integrity.htm">Financial Integrity</a></b><br>The principle of not charging interest calls for financial integrity and ethical behavior in all dealings, reminding us to conduct our financial affairs in a way that honors God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_interest_allowed_for_foreigners.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19–20 – Why is lending at interest allowed for foreigners but forbidden for fellow Israelites, and does this imply national favoritism? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_handling_debt.htm">What does the Bible say about handling debt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_proverbs_28_8_relate_to_banks.htm">How does “whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit” (Proverbs 28:8) align with modern banking systems that seem beneficial yet charge interest? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_lessons_does_moses_teach_in_deut..htm">What lessons does Moses teach in Deuteronomy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19, 20) <span class= "bld">Usury.</span>--See <a href="/exodus/22-25.htm" title="If you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be to him as an usurer, neither shall you lay on him usury.">Exodus 22:25</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/25-35.htm" title="And if your brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.">Leviticus 25:35-36</a>. Some recent writers on this law have thought that it forbids the putting out of money to interest. But it is noticeable that in both the previous passages referred to (in Exod. and Lev.) the loan is supposed to be made to a "poor man" in "real distress." Usury in such cases means oppression; and so it is proved to be by the examples given in <a href="/context/nehemiah/5-2.htm" title="For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.">Nehemiah 5:2-5</a>; <a href="/context/nehemiah/5-10.htm" title="I likewise, and my brothers, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.">Nehemiah 5:10-12</a>. The connection between this exaction and modern investments is not obvious, except in a very few cases. The Mosaic law against usury does not belong to commerce with other nations; it is part of the poor law of the land of Israel.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 19-25.</span> - Certain civil rights and duties are here prescribed. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 19, 20.</span> - An Israelite might lend on interest money, or victuals, or other property, to a foreigner, but of one of his own people he was not to take interest for a loan (cf. <a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Exodus 22:24</a>; <a href="/leviticus/25-36.htm">Leviticus 25:36, 37</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Do not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">charge</span><br /><span class="heb">תַשִּׁ֣יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯaš·šîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5391.htm">Strong's 5391: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike with a, sting, to oppress with usury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your brother</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאָחִ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ā·ḥî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">interest</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֥שֶׁךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ne·šeḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5392.htm">Strong's 5392: </a> </span><span class="str2">Interest on a, debt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on money,</span><br /><span class="heb">כֶּ֖סֶף</span> <span class="translit">(ke·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">food,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֑כֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ḵel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_400.htm">Strong's 400: </a> </span><span class="str2">Food</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or any</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">other</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּבָ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(dā·ḇār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">type of loan.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשָּֽׁךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·šāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5391.htm">Strong's 5391: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike with a, sting, to oppress with usury</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 23:19 You shall not lend on interest (Deut. 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