²⁹“If anyone sells a home in a walled city, for one year after selling it he has the right to buy it back. He may buy it back only within that time. ³⁰If he does not buy it back during that year, the house in the city belongs to the buyer for generations to come. It will not be released in the jubilee. ³¹However, houses in villages without walls are regarded as belonging to the fields of the land. They can be bought back. They will be released in the jubilee.

³²“The Levites always have the right to buy back their property in the cities they own. ³³If any Levite buys back ⸤a house⸥, in the jubilee the purchased house in the city will be released, because the houses in the Levite cities are their property among the Israelites. ³⁴But a field that belongs to their cities must not be sold, because it is their permanent property.

The Jubilee for the People

³⁵“If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home. ³⁶Don’t collect interest or make any profit from him. Fear your God by respecting other Israelites’ lives. ³⁷Never collect any kind of interest on your money or on the food you give them. ³⁸I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you Canaan and to be your God.

³⁹“If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, don’t work him like a slave. ⁴⁰He will be like a hired worker or a visitor to you. He may work with you until the year of jubilee. ⁴¹Then you will release him and his children to go back to their family and the property of their ancestors.

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