No interest · Fair work · Jubilee Every step opens the verse it rests on.
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BeginningA brother becomes poor and cannot sustain himself among the people.“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and… — Leviticus 25:35 · WEB
In the commentaryYou Shall Uphold Him
Support the neighbor as kin
1 Support without interest
2 If a brother sells service
Treat the worker fairlyDo not make an Israelite brother serve as a slave. Treat the person as a hired worker until the Jubilee, then release the household.“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave. — Leviticus 25:39–43 · WEB
In the commentaryThey Are My Servants
3 If sold to a sojourner
Provide redemptionA relative may redeem an Israelite sold to a sojourner. Calculate the price by the years remaining until Jubilee.He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale shall be according to… — Leviticus 25:47–55 · WEB
In the commentaryThey Are My Servants
Israel belongs to the LORD, not to bondageYou may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you may take your slaves forever, but over your… — Leviticus 25:42, 55 · WEB
In the commentaryThey Are My Servants
The order of these steps is adapted from the Torah flowcharts published by OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.