Exodus 22:24

If thou lend money to My people, to the poor who is with thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou inflict an injury upon him.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

In Context

23And My displeasure shall be strong, and will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

25If, (as) a pledge, thou take thy neighbour’s garment, at the going away of the sun thou shalt return it unto him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother hath become poor, and his band waver with thee, then thou shalt strengthen him, and he shall be a guest and a sojourner with thee.

Deuteronomy 23:20Thou shalt not make usury of thy brother; the usury of money, of corn, or of anything that produceth usury.

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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