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19 Do not make your brother Israelite pay interest, whether interest of money or of food, or of anything that may be loaned out for interest. 20 You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your brother you are not to charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you do in the land that you are coming to possess.

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19 You shall not charge your brother interest on money,[a] interest on[b] food, or interest on[c] anything that one could lend[d] on interest. 20 You may lend on interest to the foreigner, but to your countryman[e] you may not lend on interest, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all your undertakings[f] in the land where you are going,[g] in order to take possession of it.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:19 Literally “You shall not lend on interest to your brother, interest of money”
  2. Deuteronomy 23:19 Hebrew “of”
  3. Deuteronomy 23:19 Hebrew “of”
  4. Deuteronomy 23:19 Or “can lend”
  5. Deuteronomy 23:20 Or “brother”
  6. Deuteronomy 23:20 Literally “in all the sendings out of your hand”
  7. Deuteronomy 23:20 Literally “the land that you are going there”
  8. Deuteronomy 23:20 Literally “to take possession”