Levítico 25:37

37 Não lhe darás teu dinheiro a juros, nem os teus víveres por lucro.

Levítico 25:37 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:37

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury
Lend him money, expecting and insisting upon a large interest for it; this is to be understood of persons in poor and necessitous circumstances, of which the text only speaks; otherwise, if persons borrow money to gain by it, to carry on a greater trade, or to make purchase with it, it is but reasonable that the lender should have a share of profit arising from thence: nor lend him thy victuals for increase;
by which it should seem that those two words, used in ( Leviticus 25:36 ) , though in the main they signify the same thing, yet may be distinguished, the one as concerning money, the other food; and which latter is not to be given by way of loan to a person in want of it, but freely; as for instance, if a man gives a poor man a bushel of wheat, on condition he gives him two for it hereafter, this is lending or giving his victuals for increase.

Levítico 25:37 In-Context

35 Também, se teu irmão empobrecer ao teu lado, e lhe enfraquecerem as mãos, sustentá-lo-ás; como estrangeiro e peregrino viverá contigo.

36 Não tomarás dele juros nem ganho, mas temerás o teu Deus, para que teu irmao viva contigo.

37 Não lhe darás teu dinheiro a juros, nem os teus víveres por lucro.

38 Eu sou o Senhor vosso Deus, que vos tirei da terra do Egito, para vos dar a terra de Canaã, para ser o vosso Deus.

39 Também, se teu irmão empobrecer ao teu lado e vender-se a ti, não o farás servir como escravo.