Leviticus 25:47–54

Of Redeeming a Poor Man

⁴⁷‘Now if the ¹means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you becomes sufficient, and a ²countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or to the descendants of a stranger’s family,

⁴⁸then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,

⁴⁹or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or ^1aif he prospers, he may redeem himself.

⁵⁰‘He then with his purchaser shall calculate from the year when he sold himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall correspond to the number of years. It is like the days of a hired man that he shall be with him.

⁵¹‘If there are still many years, ^ahe shall refund part of his purchase price in proportion to them for his own redemption;

⁵²and if few years remain until the year of jubilee, he shall so calculate with him. In proportion to his years he is to refund the amount for his redemption.

⁵³‘Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; ^ahe shall not rule over him with severity in your sight.

⁵⁴‘Even if he is not redeemed by ¹these means, ^ahe shall still go out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.