Leviticus 25:29–41

²⁹‘If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year he may redeem it. ³⁰But if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee. ³¹However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee. ³²Nevertheless ^ethe cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time. ³³And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. ³⁴But ^fthe field of the common-land of their cities may not be ^gsold, for it is their perpetual possession.

Lending to the Poor

³⁵‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and ²falls into poverty among you, then you shall ^hhelp him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. ³⁶ⁱTake no usury or interest from him; but ^jfear your God, that your brother may live with you. ³⁷You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. ^38kI am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

The Law Concerning Slavery

³⁹‘And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave. ⁴⁰As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee. ⁴¹And then he shall depart from you—he and his children ^lwith him—and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers.