Exodus 22:25

If thou at all take the cloak of thy re'a as security, thou shalt return it unto him by bo hashemesh (sunset);

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

In Context

24If thou lend kesef to any of My people that is poor among thee, thou shalt not be to him as a nosheh (a usurer), neither shalt thou lay upon him neshekh (usury, interest).

26For that is his covering only, it is his cloak for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am channun (compassionate).

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother become poor, and his hand fails with thee; then thou shalt strengthen him; yea, though he be a ger, or a toshav; that he may live among thee.

Deuteronomy 24:13In any case thou shalt deliver to him the pledge again when the shemesh goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee; and it shall be tzedakah unto thee before Hashem Eloheicha.

2 Kings 4:7Then she came and told the Ish HaElohim. And he said, Go, sell the shemen, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy banim on the rest.

Nehemiah 5:7Then I consulted my own thoughts, and I rebuked the Nobles, + 5:7 See 3:5 and the officials, and said unto them, Ye exact massa (usury), + 5:7 i.e., seizing what is pledged against debts, whether people, land, or property every one from his brother. And I called a kehillah gedolah against them.

Psalms 15:5He that putteth not out his kesef to neshekh (usury), 1 nor taketh bribes against the naki (innocent). 1 He that doeth these things shall never be shaken.

Jeremiah 15:10Oy li, immi, that thou bore me, an ish riv (a man of strife) and an ish madon (a man of contention) to kol ha'aretz (the whole land)! I have neither lent, neither have any lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:17-25

16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22… Read the whole commentary →

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