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.

⁷ I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!”^(A) So I called together a large meeting to deal with them