1) lending on interest, usury 1a) in Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent
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H4855 — מַשָּׁא
mash.sah · interest · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
Nehemiah 5:7 · מַשָּׁ֥אThen I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.Nehemiah 5:10 · הַמַּשָּׁ֥אI likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.Nehemiah 10:31 · וּמַשָּׁ֥אand if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.