>>2699242Congrats you just contradicted with your earlier self!
Also, aren't you catholic by the way?
Exodus 22:25: "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him".
Leviticus 25:35-37: Commands against taking interest or profit from a poor countryman, urging fear of God so the brother may live among them, distinguishing them from foreigners.
Deuteronomy 23:19-20: Forbids charging interest to a brother but permits it with foreigners, highlighting the principle of aiding fellow Israelites in hardship.
Nehemiah 5:7-10: Nehemiah rebuked nobles for exacting usury (interest/extortion) from fellow Jews during a time of hardship, showing this principle in action.