Leviticus 25:35–43

Of Poor Countrymen

³⁵‘^aNow in case a ¹countryman of yours becomes poor and his ²means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.

³⁶‘^aDo not take ¹usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your ²countryman may live with you.

³⁷‘You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food for gain.

³⁸‘^aI am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and ^bto be your God.

³⁹‘^aIf a ¹countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.

⁴⁰‘He shall be with you as a hired man, as ^aif he were a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee.

⁴¹‘He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, that he may return to the property of his forefathers.

⁴²‘For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale.

⁴³‘^aYou shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.