I wonder if something is lost in translation of the word "usury" in the Bible. Is it simply lending money or does it refer to excess profiteering.
Why did Jesus hate moneychangers so much? Because they made easy money by simply exchanging Roman coins for shekels.
“when we make a sale or buy from our neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.” (Leviticus 25:14). How often do we hear about making fair transactions? Almost never, it's almost anti-American not to extract the most profit from a transaction.
Usury in the bible means charging any interest. They were supposed to lend without interest and forgive the loan after 7 years. Nowadays usury means charging high interest.
The Webster 1828 dictionary was originally created to define every word in the bible. His original dictionary has biblical definitions.
U'SURY, noun s as z. [Latin usura, from utor, to use.]
Formerly, interest; or a premium paid or stipulated to be paid for the use of money.
I wonder if something is lost in translation of the word "usury" in the Bible. Is it simply lending money or does it refer to excess profiteering.
Why did Jesus hate moneychangers so much? Because they made easy money by simply exchanging Roman coins for shekels.
“when we make a sale or buy from our neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.” (Leviticus 25:14). How often do we hear about making fair transactions? Almost never, it's almost anti-American not to extract the most profit from a transaction.
Usury in the bible means charging any interest. They were supposed to lend without interest and forgive the loan after 7 years. Nowadays usury means charging high interest.
The Webster 1828 dictionary was originally created to define every word in the bible. His original dictionary has biblical definitions.
U'SURY, noun s as z. [Latin usura, from utor, to use.]
The word "usury" was translated from the Hebrew word "nesek"--bite of a snake.