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 · מַשָּׁ֥אand my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, ‘Usury one upon another ye are exacting;’ and I set against them a great assembly,Nehemiah 5:10 · הַמַּשָּׁ֥אAnd also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.Nehemiah 10:31 · וּמַשָּׁ֥אand the peoples of the land who are bringing in the wares and any corn on the sabbath-day to sell, we receive not of them on the sabbath, and on a holy day, and we leave the seventh year, and usury on every hand.