35 “ ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poorn and are unable to support themselves among you, help themo as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. 36 Do not take interestp or any profit from them, but fear your God,q so that they may continue to live among you. 37 You must not lend them money at interestr or sell them food at a profit. 38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaans and to be your God.t

39 “ ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.u 40 They are to be treated as hired workersv or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the propertyw of their ancestors.x 42 Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt,y they must not be sold as slaves. 43 Do not rule over them ruthlessly,z but fear your God.a