If thou lend money to any of My people that is poor by thee, to any members of the Jewish nation that were in such need as to be compelled to borrow for the necessaries of life, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury, take interest in such a case.
Verse Exodus 22:25. _NEITHER SHALT THOU LAY UPON HIM USURY._] נשך _neshech_, from _nashach_, to _bite, cut_, or _pierce_ with the _teeth; biting usury_. So the Latins call it _usura vorax,_ _devourin...
See the notes at Leviticus 25:35; compare Deuteronomy 23:19....
CHAPTER 22 FURTHER JUDGMENTS _ 1. Concerning theft (Exodus 22:1)_ 2. Concerning neglect in case of fire (Exodus 22:6) 3. Concerning dishonesty (Exodus 22:7) 4. Concerning immoralities and forbidde...
EXODUS 22:18 E. VARIOUS ORDINANCES. From this point up to Exodus 23:9 we have to do with miscellaneous laws, differing in the main both in form and substance from the Judgments, and therefore here reg...
Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33 _The Book of the Covenant_ The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The laws co...
21-27. A group of humanitarian laws. The _gêr_, or resident foreigner, the widow, and the orphan not to be oppressed, _vv._21 24; interest not to be taken from the poor, _v._25; a garment taken in ple...
Interest not to be taken on money lent to the poor. _as a creditor_ exacting and impatient: cf. 2 Kings 4:1; Psalms 109:11 (where the same word is rendered -extortioner"). _usury_ INTEREST. This was...
THOU SHALT NOT BE TO HIM AS AN USURER— The Hebrew word נשׁךֶ _neshek,_ signifies _biting usury,_ says Parkhurst: so the Latins call it _usura vorax:_ to this purpose some Hebrew. critics observe, that...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) If the thief be found breaking in,...
_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._ If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor. This...
IF THOU LEND MONEY TO _any of_ MY PEOPLE _that is_ POOR BY THEE] RV 'to any of my people with thee that is poor': interest is forbidden on loans to a fellow Israelite, but is expressly allowed in deal...
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED) 1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and of proportionately hig...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 22 LAWS ABOUT PROPERTY – VERSES 1-15 V1 The *LORD continued to spe...
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS. (16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which can, therefore, only be regarded as miscellaneous. Mo...
USURER.... USURY. — The Hebrew _nûsheh_ and _nĕshek_ have no sense of “excess” attached to them. They mean simply “interest,” and _“_the man who lends upon interest.”...
(25-27) The Mosaic law of borrowing and lending was strange and peculiar. It was absolutely forbidden to exact any interest from those borrowers who were Israelites. The wording of the present passage...
_[Exodus 22:24]_ אִם ־כֶּ֣סֶף ׀ תַּלְוֶ֣ה אֶת ־עַמִּ֗י...
CHAPTER XXII. _ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._ PART IV. Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19. The Fourth section of this law within the law consists of enactments, curiously disconnected, many of them without...
The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo 21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that...
Poor. Such are often most in want. Usury is not lawful, even with respect to the rich. The Hebrew terms it a bite. (Menochius) --- "What is usury, said Cato, but to kill a man." The Romans required th...
The character of every citizen of Zion is to abhor those practices. See Psalms 15:1 throughout....
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
25._If thou lend money to any of my people _Humanity ought to be very greatly regarded in the matter of loans, especially when a person, being reduced to extremities, implores a rich man’s compassion;...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as He had...
IF THOU LEND MONEY TO ANY OF MY PEOPLE THAT IS POOR BY THEE, c,] Such only need to borrow money, and to whom it should be freely lent, when it may be to the good of the borrower, and not any injury to...
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. Ver. 25. _Thou shalt not be to him as a usurer._] Heb.,...
_If thou lend_ 1st, They must not receive use for money from any Israelite that borrowed for necessity. And such provision the law made for the preserving estates to their families by the years of jub...
1 Of theft. 5 Of dammage. 7 Of trespasses. 14.Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft. 19 Of bestialitie. 20 Of idolatrie. 21 Of strangers, widowes, and fatherlesse. 25 Of vsurie. 2...
C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33 _a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_ 1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY (vs.1-15) While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on his own property, and leave...
ANY OF MY PEOPLE, i.e. any Israelite; for it was permitted to take usury of the Gentiles, DEUTERONOMY 23:20. THAT IS POOR: this seems to be added not by way of apposition, as if God's people and the p...
The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character of...
Exodus 22:25 lend H3867 (H8686) money H3701 people H5971 poor H6041 moneylender H5383 (H8802) charge H7760 ...
EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS 23:33). In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
CONTENTS: Judgments on rights of property; crimes against humanity. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Man's attitude to his fellow man will be based on his attitude to God and His law. KEY WORD:...
Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 22:31. And ye shall be holy men.] This seemingly abrupt clause is to be taken in a relation of strict _sequence_ with all that has gone before. As much as to say: “And so—namel...
EXPOSITION MISCELLANEOUS LAWS (Exodus 22:16-2) EXODUS 22:16, EXODUS 22:17 _Laws against seduction_. It has been
EXPOSITION II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the consideration of injuries to the person, the legislator proceeds to treat of injuries to property, and, as he has been sp...
If a man shall steal an ox, and kill it, [The rustlers] and sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, four sheep for a sheep (Exodus 22:1). You see in those days they were interested in taking ca...
Leviticus 25:35 Deuteronomy 23:19 Deuteronomy 23:20 2 Kings 4:1...
If thou lend — They must not receive use for money from any that borrowed for necessity. And such provision the law made for the preserving estates to their families by the year of Jubilee, that a peo...