30. But if it is not bought back for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not revert in the jubilee.
31. The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall shall be considered as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee.
32. As for cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.
33. What, therefore, belongs to the Levites may be redeemed and a house sale in the city of this possession reverts in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.
34. But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their perpetual possession.
35. 'Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
36. Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you.
37. You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food for gain.
38. I 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.
39. 'If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service.