Leviticus 25
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Leviticus 25:35-43

35“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

36Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

37You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

38I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan – to be your God.

39“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

40He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

41but then he may go free, he and his children with him, and may return to his family and to the property of his ancestors.

42Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.

43You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.

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