Leviticus 25:47-55

International Standard Version

⁴⁷ “If a resident alien or traveler becomes rich,^[a] but your relative who lives next to him is so poor that he sells himself to that resident alien or traveler among you or to a member of the resident alien’s family, ⁴⁸ he has the right to be redeemed after he sells himself. One of his brothers may redeem him. ⁴⁹ His uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him or any blood^[b] relative from his tribe may redeem him. If^[c] he becomes rich,^[d] then he may redeem himself.

⁵⁰ “He is to bring an accounting to the one who bought him, starting from the year he had sold himself until the year of jubilee. The price of his sale is to correspond to the number of years comparable to the time a hired servant stays with him. ⁵¹ If there are still many years left, he is to refund the cost^[e] of his redemption. ⁵² But if only a few years are left until the year of jubilee, he is to bring an accounting of the years that he is to refund for his redemption. ⁵³ Like a hired servant, he is to remain with him year after year, but he is not to rule over him with what you see as severity. ⁵⁴ If he isn’t redeemed by these, then he is to be set free in the year of jubilee—he and his children^[f] with him— ⁵⁵ because the Israelis are my servants. They’re my servants, since I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”