Exodus 22:25 meaning and explanation
If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
Exodus 22:25, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking to Israel through Moses, setting out case laws for a community recently freed from slavery. The Hebrew word for interest here is neshek, which literally means a bite, picturing how a loan can eat into a poor person's livelihood.
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