Leviticus 25:29–41

²⁹If someone sells a house in a walled city, he has the right to buy it back during the first full year from the date of sale. ³⁰But if he does not buy it back within the year, he loses the right of repurchase, and the house becomes the permanent property of the purchaser and his descendants; it will not be returned in the Year of Restoration. ³¹But houses in unwalled villages are to be treated like fields; the original owner has the right to buy them back, and they are to be returned in the Year of Restoration. ³²However, Levites have the right to buy back at any time their property in the cities assigned to them. ³³If a house in one of these cities is sold by a Levite and is not bought back, it must be returned in the Year of Restoration,ⁿ because the houses which the Levites own in their cities are their permanent property among the people of Israel. ³⁴But the pasture land round the Levite cities shall never be sold; it is their property for ever.

Loans to the Poor

^35*If a fellow-Israelite living near you becomes poor and cannot support himself or herself, you must provide for them as you would for hired servants, so that they can continue to live near you. ³⁶Do not charge them any interest, but obey God and let your fellow-Israelites live near you. ^37*Do not make them pay interest on the money you lend them, and do not make a profit on the food you sell them. ³⁸This is the command of the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt in order to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

Release of Slaves

^39*If a fellow-Israelite living near you becomes so poor that he sells himself to you as a slave, you shall not make him do the work of a slave. ^40*He shall stay with you as a hired servant and serve you until the next Year of Restoration. ^41*At that time he and his children shall leave you and return to his family and to the property of his ancestors.