18 ¶ Thou shalt neither bring the [a]hire of a whore, nor the price of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

19 (A)Thou shalt not give to usury to thy brother: as usury of money, usury of meat, usury of anything that is put to usury.

20 Unto a [b]stranger thou mayest lend upon usury, but thou shalt not lend upon usury unto thy brother, that the Lord thy God may [c]bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to, in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 Forbidding hereby that any gain gotten of evil things should be applied to the service of God, Mic. 2:7.
  2. Deuteronomy 23:20 This was permitted for a time for the hardness of their hearts.
  3. Deuteronomy 23:20 If thou show thy charity to thy brother, God will declare his love toward thee.

18 You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute[a] into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.(A)

19 Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.(B) 20 You may charge a foreigner(C) interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless(D) you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 Hebrew of a dog