Commentary for Bava Metzia 142:10
והא דרב אשי ברותא היא מאי שנא תרומה דלא דכתיב (במדבר יח, כח) אתם גם אתם מה אתם בני ברית אף שלוחכם נמי בני ברית
Similarly, if a heathen borrowed money from an Israelite on interest, and was about to repay it, when another Israelite met him and proposed. 'Give it to me, and I will pay you as you pay him,' it is permitted; but if he presented him to the Israelite, it is forbidden.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For then the Gentile is merely the agent of the Jew. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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