Lev 25:35-43 | NASB2020 | STEP | ‘ Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means among you falter , then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident , so that he may live with you.

Leviticus 25:35-43

Of Poor Countrymen

35 ‘ ^aNow in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his ^{▼▼Lit hand}means among you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident, so that he may live with you. 36 ^cDo not take ^{▼▼Prob. interest on money and food loans}any kind of interest from him, but ^{▼▼Or revere}fear your God, so that your countryman may live with you. 37 You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food ^{▼▼Lit at interest}for profit. 38 ^gI am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and ^hto be your God.

39 ‘Now ⁱif 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. 40 He shall be with you as a hired worker, ^jas if he were a foreign resident; he shall serve with you up to the year of jubilee. 41 He shall then leave you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, so that he may return to the property of his forefathers. 42 For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale. 43 ^kYou shall not rule over him with ^{▼▼Or violence}severity, but are to revere your God.