33. If someone buys a house from a Levite, that house in the Levites’ city will again belong to the Levites in the Jubilee. This is because houses in Levite cities belong to the people of Levi; the Israelites gave these cities to them.
34. Also the fields and pastures around the Levites’ cities cannot be sold, because those fields belong to the Levites forever.
35. “ ‘If anyone from your country becomes too poor to support himself, help him to live among you as you would a stranger or foreigner.
36. Do not charge him any interest on money you loan to him, but respect your God; let the poor live among you.
37. Don’t lend him money for interest, and don’t try to make a profit from the food he buys.
38. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give the land of Canaan to you and to become your God.
39. “ ‘If anyone from your country becomes very poor and sells himself as a slave to you, you must not make him work like a slave.
40. He will be like a hired worker and a visitor with you until the year of Jubilee.
41. Then he may leave you, take his children, and go back to his family and the land of his ancestors.
42. This is because the Israelites are my servants, and I brought them out of slavery in Egypt. They must not become slaves again.
43. You must not rule this person cruelly, but you must respect your God.