34 Also the fields and pastures around the Levites’ cities cannot be sold. Those fields belong to the Levites forever.
35 “‘Someone from your country might become 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. Respect your God. And let the poor man live among you.
37 Don’t lend him money for interest. Don’t try to make a profit from the food he buys.
38 I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of the land of Egypt. I did it to give the land of Canaan to you and to become your God.
39 “‘Someone from your country might become very poor. He might even sell himself as a slave to you. If he does, you must not make him work like a slave.
40 He will be like a hired worker. And he will be like a visitor with you until the year of Jubilee.