⁴⁷“ ‘Suppose an outsider or someone who is living among you for a while becomes rich. Then suppose one of your own people becomes poor. He sells himself to the outsider who is living among you. Or he sells himself to a member of the outsider’s family. ⁴⁸Then he keeps the right to buy himself back after he has sold himself. One of his relatives can buy him back. ⁴⁹An uncle or a cousin can buy himself back after he has sold himself. In fact, any relative in his tribe can do it. Or suppose things go well for him. Then he can buy himself back.

⁵⁰“ ‘He and his buyer must count the number of years from the time of the sale up to the Year of Jubilee. The price for his freedom must be based on the amount that is paid to a hired man for that number of years.

⁵¹“ ‘Suppose there are many years until the Year of Jubilee. Then for his freedom he must pay a larger share of the price that was paid for him. ⁵²But suppose there are only a few years left until the Year of Jubilee. Then he must count the number of years that are left. The payment for his freedom must be based on that number.

⁵³“ ‘He must be treated as if he had been hired from year to year. You must make sure that his owner is kind to him when he rules over him.

⁵⁴“ ‘Suppose he is not bought back in any of those ways. Then he and his children must still be set free in the Year of Jubilee.

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