26. If a man doesn’t have anyone to buy it back for him, but if he prospers and earns enough to buy it back himself,
27. he must count the years from its sale. Then he will pay what is left to the man to whom he sold it, and it will be his property again.
28. However, if he cannot earn enough to buy it back, what he sold stays in the hands of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it will be released, and he will own it again.
29. “If anyone sells a home in a walled city, for one year after selling it he has the right to buy it back. He may buy it back only within that time.
30. If he does not buy it back during that year, the house in the city belongs to the buyer for generations to come. It will not be released in the jubilee.
31. However, houses in villages without walls are regarded as belonging to the fields of the land. They can be bought back. They will be released in the jubilee.
32. “The Levites always have the right to buy back their property in the cities they own.
33. If any Levite buys back ⌊a house⌋, in the jubilee the purchased house in the city will be released, because the houses in the Levite cities are their property among the Israelites.
34. But a field that belongs to their cities must not be sold, because it is their permanent property.
35. “If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home.
36. Don’t collect interest or make any profit from him. Fear your God by respecting other Israelites’ lives.
37. Never collect any kind of interest on your money or on the food you give them.
38. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you Canaan and to be your God.
39. “If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, don’t work him like a slave.
40. He will be like a hired worker or a visitor to you. He may work with you until the year of jubilee.
41. Then you will release him and his children to go back to their family and the property of their ancestors.
42. They are my servants. I brought them out of Egypt. They must never be sold as slaves.
43. Do not treat them harshly. Fear your God.
44. “You may have male and female slaves, but buy them from the nations around you.
45. You may also buy them from the foreigners living among you and from their families born in your country. They will be your property.