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לֹא־תַשִּׁ֣יךְ לְאָחִ֔יךָ נֶ֥שֶׁךְ כֶּ֖סֶף נֶ֣שֶׁךְ אֹ֑כֶל נֶ֕שֶׁךְ כָּל־דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשָּֽׁךְ׃
네가 형제에게 꾸이거든 이식을 취하지 말지니 곧 돈의 이식, 식물의 이식, 무릇 이식을 낼만한 것의 이식을 취하지 말 것이라
The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox
The law prohibits taking interest within the community as a damaging practice. The society in question, of course, was not predominantly a commercial one, and hence later interpretations, such as that of medieval Christians and Jews, were to attempt to read other things into it.
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