Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.
thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;
Thy money shalt thou not give him upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Leviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
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Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
A redemption - A right of redemption in the time and manner following. If any of his kin come - Or, If the redeemer come, being near akin to him, who in this was an eminent type of Christ, who was made near akin to us by taking our flesh, that he might perform the work of redemption for us. The years of the sale - That is, from the time of the sale to the jubilee.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical
And thus far this law binds still, but could never be thought binding where money is borrowed for purchase of lands, trade, or other improvements; for there it is reasonable that the lender share with the borrower in the profit. The law here is plainly intended for the relief of the poor, to whom it is sometimes as great a charity to lend freely as to give.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
