The importance of maintaining economic integrity is spelled out more fully. First, it is not the land that is being sold, but what is grown on the land. Thus, the value of the land is proportional to the number of years to the next Jubilee. At the Jubilee, the land reverts to its original owner. If left unchecked, this process could lead to great social division, with a class of rich landowners exploiting a mass of landless Hebrews.
15 Tu achèteras de ton prochain, en comptant les années depuis le jubilé; et il te vendra, en comptant les années de rapport.