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Sefer HaMitzvot, Positive Commandments

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היא שצונו לנגוש העכו"ם ולהכריחו לפרוע חובו כמו שנצטוינו לחמול על ישראל והזהירתנו מלנגוש אותו, והוא אמרו יתברך את הנכרי תגוש. ולשון ספרי את הנכרי תגוש זו מצות עשה. (ראה אנכי, הל' מלוה ולוה פ"א):

Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf

That is that He commanded us to press the gentile and to force him to pay his debt, just as we have been commanded to pity the Jew and have been prohibited from pressing him. And that is His, may He be blessed, saying, "The gentile shall you press" (Deuteronomy 15:3). And the language of the Sifrei (Sifrei Devarim 113:1) is, "'The gentile shall you press' - this is a positive commandment." (See Parashat Re'eh; Mishneh Torah, Creditor and Debtor 1.)