Mitzvah #526 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Lend to the poor and destitute“
Scripture Reference: EXO 22:25 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Mishpatim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כד אִם-כֶּסֶף תַּלְוֶה אֶת-עַמִּי, אֶת-הֶעָנִי עִמָּךְ--לֹא-תִהְיֶה לוֹ, כְּנֹשֶׁה; לֹא-תְשִׂימוּן עָלָיו, נֶשֶׁךְ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
(22:24) ἐὰν δὲ ἀργύριον ἐκδανείσῃς τῷ ἀδελφῷ τῷ πενιχρῷ παρὰ σοί, οὐκ ἔσῃ αὐτὸν κατεπείγων, οὐκ ἐπιθήσεις αὐτῷ τόκον.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Mishpatim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #66
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judgments (Buch 13)
Section: Creditor and Debtor
Systematic Category (P119f) Loans