Usury In Judaism
Exodus 22: 24 (Torah)
[24] “If you lend money to my people, to the afflicted-one (who lives) beside you, you are not to be to him like a creditor, you are not to place on him excessive interest.”
Leviticus 25: 35-38 (Torah)
35] “Now when your brother sinks down (in poverty) and his hand falters beside you, then shall you strengthen him as (though) a sojourner and resident-settler, and he is to live beside you. [36] Do not take from him biting-interest or profit, but hold your God in awe, so that your brother may live beside you! [37] Your silver you are not to give him at interest, for profit you are not to give (him) your food; [38] I YHWH am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, to be for you a God!”
Deuteronomy 23: 20-21 (Torah)
20] “You are not to charge interest to your brother, interest in silver, interest in food, interest in anything for which you may charge interest. [21] The foreigner you may charge interest, but your brother you may not charge interest, in order that YHWH your God may bless you in all the enterprises of your hand on the land that you are entering to possess.”
It is clear that it is prohibited to charge interest in Judaism between Jews, however, it may be allowed in transactions with non-Jews.
“Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel, however, declared that the acceptance of interest from non-Jews does not apply to Christians or Muslims, as their faith systems are also Abrahamic and therefore share a common ethical basis.” (Wikipedia)
References
Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses (1983).
The Torah (2005).
Wikipedia, Loans and Interest in Judaism, (February 23, 2023, 2:16 PM), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loans_and_interest_in_Judaism.