19 (A)You are not to charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned on interest. 20 (B)You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that (C)the Lord your God may bless you in all [a]that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to [b]possess.

21 (D)When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly require it of you, and it will be a sin [c]for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:20 Lit the putting forth of your hand
  2. Deuteronomy 23:20 Lit possess it
  3. Deuteronomy 23:21 Lit in you

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

21 If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it,(D) for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.(E)

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