Text: Leviticus 25:35
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 22:25
Subject: debt and Jubilee
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Exodus 22:25 prohibits charging interest (נֶשֶׁךְ, neshekh) to the poor, and Leviticus 25:35 integrates this within the Jubilee framework: "If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself among you, you shall support him... you shall not charge him interest (נֶשֶׁךְ, neshekh) or profit (מַרְבִּית, marbit)." Leviticus adds a second term for financial exploitation (marbit, "increase/profit") and grounds the prohibition theologically: "I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt" (Lev 25:38). The Levitical version transforms the Exodus prohibition from a standalone economic regulation into part of a comprehensive system of economic restoration tied to Jubilee, Sabbath-year release, and the theological premise that God owns the land and its people.