Mitzvah #527 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not press the poor and destitute for payment if you know they don't have it“
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)
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 #67
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judgments (Buch 13)
Section: Creditor and Debtor
Systematic Category (P119f) Loans