Reply #9: a technical point [View All]

[Ando]

They could lend money, but usury (lending with interest) was strictly prohibited. They also canceled all outstanding debts after 7 years.

If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a moneylender; charge him no interest.

Exodus 22:25

If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to live among you. Do not take interest of any kind from him, but fear your God, so that your countryman may continue to live among you. You must not lend him money at interest or sell him food at a profit.

Leviticus 25:35-37

Do not charge your brother interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.

Deuteronomy 23:19

who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Psalm 15:5