Essay do Powtórzonego Prawa 23:20
לֹא־תַשִּׁ֣יךְ לְאָחִ֔יךָ נֶ֥שֶׁךְ כֶּ֖סֶף נֶ֣שֶׁךְ אֹ֑כֶל נֶ֕שֶׁךְ כָּל־דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשָּֽׁךְ׃
Nie dasz lichwy bratu twojemu, lichwy od pieniędzy, lichwy od żywności, lichwy od jakiejkolwiek rzeczy, którą się na lichwę oddaje.
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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