Leviticus 25:37

Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

In Context

36Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

38I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.

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Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:24-39

23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto… Read the whole commentary →

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