Similarly, the community would be given a time to recover. The community, the relations among the members of the community, would get a fresh start because debts would be forgiven. Normally, if a man became poor and sold his land to survive, his kin, his brother, would be allowed to buy back the land. But if his brother was too poor also, and he had no one to buy back the land, in the year of jubilee, it would be returned to the original owner. If a man became poor and went into enslavement to survive, in the year of jubilee, he would be released.
Religion is concerned with what allows the community to function.
Thus its values call for going beyond justice and equity. Its vision is often one of radical Utopia. Jesus said if someone hits you, turn the other cheek. If someone wrongs you, forgive them over and over again. I have often wondered about the families of murder victims who call for capital punishment of the murderer.