Leviticus 25:25-41

25“If your brother becomes poor and sells some of his property, then his nearest kinsman may come and redeem what his brother has sold.

26If a man has no kinsman-redeemer, but he himself recovers and finds sufficient means to redeem it,

27then let him reckon the years since its sale and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it. Then he will return to his property.

28But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold is to remain in the hand of the one who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee. Then in the Jubilee it shall be released, so he may return to his property.

29“If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he has the right of redemption.

30But if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city will belong permanently to the one who bought it throughout his generations. It will not be released in the Jubilee.

31But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them are to be considered as open country. They have redemption rights and are to be released in the Jubilee.

32“But as for the towns of the Levites, the Levites may have a permanent right of redemption for the houses in the towns of their possession.

33The Levites may redeem a house sold in the town of its possession. Also it shall be released in the Jubilee, for the houses of the Levitical towns are their possession among Bnei-Yisrael.

34But the fields in the pasturelands of their cities may not be sold, for it is their permanent possession.

35“If your brother has become poor and his hand cannot support himself among you, then you are to uphold him. He may live with you like an outsider or a temporary resident.

36Take no excessive interest from him, but fear your God, so that your brother can live with you.

37You are not to lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

38I am Adonai your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

39“If your brother has grown poor among you and sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave labor.

40Let him stay with you as a hired worker or as a temporary resident. He will work for you until the Year of Jubilee,

41then he is to be released from you—he and his children with him—and may return to his own family and to the property of his fathers.