EXODUS 22:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.”
If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. The prohibition on charging interest to the poor Israelite neighbor is one of the most radical economic provisions in the ancient world. In the surrounding cultures, interest on loans was standard practice. The covenant law prohibits it for loans to the poor within the community. Leviticus 25:35–37 and Deuteronomy 23:19–20 expand and apply this principle. Luke 6:35 says lend to them without expecting to get anything back — the New Testament extension of the interest prohibition is to all lending as an act of love. The economy of the covenant community is structured around mutual aid, not profit extraction.
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