35 And if your [Israelite] brother has become poor and his hand wavers [from poverty, sickness, or age and he is unable to support himself], then you shall uphold (strengthen, relieve) him, [treating him with the courtesy and consideration that you would] a stranger or a temporary resident with you [without property], so that he may live [along] with you. 36 Charge him no interest or [portion of] increase, but fear your God, so your brother may [continue to] live along with you. 37 You shall not give him your money at interest nor lend him food at a profit. 38 I am the Lord your God, Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
39 And if your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bondman (a slave not eligible for redemption), 40 But as a hired servant and as a temporary resident he shall be with you; he shall serve you till the Year of Jubilee, 41 And then he shall depart from you, he and his children with him, and shall go back to his own family and return to the possession of his fathers. 42 For the Israelites are My servants; I brought them out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen. 43 You shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression), but you shall [reverently] fear your God. 44 As for your bondmen and your bondmaids whom you may have, they shall be from the nations round about you, of whom you may buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover, of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you, of them you may buy and of their families that are with you which they have begotten in your land, and they shall be your possession. 46 And you shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall you take your bondmen always, but over your brethren the Israelites you shall not rule one over another with harshness (severity, oppression).