613 commandments - [34 Sections]

the 613 Commandments in Judeaism


(12) - Business Practices - (170-183)

170. Not to do wrong in buying or selling (Lev. 25:14)

171. Not to make a loan to an Israelite on interest (Lev. 25:37)

172. Not to borrow on interest (Deut. 23:20) (because this would cause the lender to sin)

173. Not to take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for them (Ex. 22:24) (In Christian text: (Ex. 22:25))

174. To lend to a poor person (Ex. 22:24) (In Christian text: (Ex. 22:25)) (even though the passage says "if you lend" it is understood as obligatory)

175. Not to demand from a poor man repayment of his debt, when the creditor knows that he cannot pay, nor press him (Ex. 22:24) (In Christian text: (Ex. 22:25))

176. Not to take in pledge utensils used in preparing food (Deut. 24:6)

177. Not to exact a pledge from a debtor by force (Deut. 24:10)

178. Not to keep the pledge from its owner at the time when he needs it (Deut. 24:12)

179. To return a pledge to its owner (Deut. 24:13)

180. Not to take a pledge from a widow (Deut. 24:17)

181. Not to commit fraud in measuring (Lev. 19:35)

182. To ensure that scales and weights are correct (Lev. 19:36) (affirmative).

183. Not to possess inaccurate measures and weights (Deut. 25:13-14)