Leviticus 25:25-41

25‘1If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor that he sells part of his property, then his closest 2redeemer is to come and buy back what his relative has sold. 26Or in case someone has no redeemer, but 3recovers to find sufficient means for its redemption, 274then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his property. 28But if 5he has not found sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall 6revert, so that 7he may return to his property.

29‘Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year after its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year. 30But if it is not bought back for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not 8revert in the jubilee. 31The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall, shall be regarded 9as open fields; they have redemption rights and 10revert in the jubilee. 32As for the 11cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession. 33What, therefore, 12belongs to the Levites may be redeemed, and a house sale 13in the city of this possession 14reverts in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel. 3415But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their permanent possession.

35‘16Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his 17means among you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident, so that he may live with you. 3618Do not take 19any kind of interest from him, but 20fear your God, so that your countryman may live with you. 37You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food 21for profit. 3822I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and 23to be your God.

39‘Now 24if a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service. 40He shall be with you as a hired worker, 25as if he were a foreign resident; he shall serve with you up to the year of jubilee. 41He shall then leave you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, so that he may return to the property of his forefathers.