Leviticus 25:29–41

²⁹“If a man sells a residence in a walled city, his right of redemption will last until a year has passed after its sale; his right of redemption will last a year. ³⁰If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its purchaser throughout his generations. It is not to be released on the Jubilee. ³¹But houses in settlements that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.

³²“Concerning the Levitical cities,^g the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess. ³³Whatever property one of the Levites can redeem^B—a house sold in a city they possess—is to be released at the Jubilee, because the houses in the Levitical cities are their possession among the Israelites. ³⁴The open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for it is their permanent possession.

³⁵“If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among^C you, you are to support him as an alien or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you. ³⁶Do not profit or take interest from him,^h but fear your God and let your brother live among you. ³⁷You are not to lend him your silver with interest or sell him your food for profit. ³⁸I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

³⁹“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you,^a you must not force him to do slave labor. ⁴⁰Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he may work for you until the Year of Jubilee. ⁴¹Then he and his children are to be released from you, and he may return to his clan and his ancestral property.^b