Deuteronomy 23:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Cross-references

• Deuteronomy 15:10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God sha…
• Deuteronomy 15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
• Deuteronomy 14:21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou m…
• Luke 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
• 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour…
• Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine…
• Proverbs 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• Isaiah 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

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Commentary

Dictionary and topics

• Custom — A tax imposed by the Romans. The tax-gatherers were termed publicans (q.v.), who had their stations at the gates of cities, and in the public highways, and at the place set apart for that purpose,…
• Loan — The Mosaic law required that when an Israelite needed to borrow, what he asked was to be freely lent to him, and no interest was to be charged, although interest might be taken of a foreigner (Ex.…
• Stranger — This word generally denotes a person from a foreign land residing in Palestine. Such persons enjoyed many privileges in common with the Jews, but still were separate from them. The relation of the…
• Usury — The sum paid for the use of money, hence interest; not, as in the modern sense, exorbitant interest. The Jews were forbidden to exact usury (Lev. 25:36, 37), only, however, in their dealings with…
• Aliens · Jews authorized to take usury from — Jews authorized to take usury from
• Creditor · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
• Creditors · Might take interest from strangers — Might take interest from strangers
• Interest · but not generally signifying unlawful or unjust rates) — but not generally signifying unlawful or unjust rates)
• Lending · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
• Strangers · .Usury of — .Usury of
• Strangers In Israel · Laws respecting: The Jews might take usury from — Laws respecting: The Jews might take usury from
• Usury