Leviticus 25:19-28

19You will be able to grow food on the land. And the people will have plenty to eat. They will be safe.

20The people may ask what they will eat in the seventh year. They will not have planted any seeds.

21God will cause a lot of food to grow in the sixth year. They will have food for three more years.

22When a person plants seed in the eighth year he will still be eating the crops that he planted in the sixth year. The next time he will harvest the plants from the fields will be in the ninth year.

23The people must never sell the land for all time. The land belongs to God. He has said that the people can live on it.

24A person may buy land. But he must remember that he may have to sell it back to the seller.

25If a man becomes poor, he can sell some of his land. A person from his family must buy the land back for the man.

26But the man might not have any family. If he stops being poor, he can buy the land back.

27He must count how many years until the next Jubilee year. He must pay the right amount of money for the land. Then he can live on the land again.

28If the man is too poor to buy the land back, it will belong to the other person. It will belong to the other person until the next Jubilee year. He must return it to the poor man in the Jubilee year.