31. But houses in small towns without walls are like open country; they can be bought back, and they must be returned to their first owner at Jubilee.
32. “ ‘The Levites may always buy back their houses in the cities that belong to them.
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.