Levítico 25:37

37 Recuerda, no le cobres intereses sobre el dinero que le prestes ni obtengas una ganancia con los alimentos que le vendas.

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 Rescate de los pobres y de los esclavos
»Si alguno de tus hermanos israelitas se empobrece y no puede sostenerse a sí mismo, ayúdalo como lo harías con un extranjero o un residente temporal y permítele vivir contigo.

36 No le cobres intereses ni obtengas una ganancia a costa de él. En cambio, muestra tu temor a Dios al permitirle que viva contigo como si fuera un pariente.

37 Recuerda, no le cobres intereses sobre el dinero que le prestes ni obtengas una ganancia con los alimentos que le vendas.

38 Yo soy el Señor
tu Dios, quien te sacó de la tierra de Egipto para darte la tierra de Canaán y para ser tu Dios.

39 »Si uno de tus hermanos israelitas se empobrece y se ve obligado a venderse a ti, no lo trates como a un esclavo.