What was the law regarding charging interest (usury) to a fellow Israelite?
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: Charging interest to a brother was strictly forbidden
Exodus 22:25 and Deuteronomy 23:19 forbid charging interest on money, food, or anything else lent to a fellow Israelite. However, interest could be charged to foreigners.
Keep practicing
More Debt and Servitude Laws questions
- If a master struck a servant and caused the loss of an eye or a tooth, what was the legal requirement?
- When a Hebrew servant was released in the seventh year, what did the master have to provide?
- What was the rule if a person took a neighbor's cloak as a pledge for a debt?
- If an Israelite became so poor that he sold himself to a foreigner living in the land, who had the right to redeem him?
- How did the Law view a runaway servant from a foreign master who sought refuge in Israel?
- What was the 'price' of a servant if they were accidentally killed by someone's ox?