Mitzvah #537 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest“
Scripture Reference: DEU 23:20 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Ki Tetze)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to possess.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
לַנָּכְרִ֣י תַשִּׁ֔יךְ וּלְאָחִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תַשִּׁ֑יךְ לְמַ֨עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֜ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹל֙ מִשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֔ךָ עַל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃
Greek Text (Septuagint)
(23:21) τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ ἐκτοκιεῗς τῷ δὲ ἀδελφῷ σου οὐκ ἐκτοκιεῗς ἵνα εὐλογήσῃ σε κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐν πᾶσι τοῗς ἔργοις σου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἰς ἣν εἰσπορεύῃ ἐκεῗ κληρονομῆσαι αὐτήν
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Ki Tetze
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judgments (Buch 13)
Section: Creditor and Debtor
Systematic Category (P119f) Loans