The Lord would place a check upon the inordinate love of property and power. Great evils would result from the continued accumulation of wealth by one class, and the poverty and degradation of another. Without some restraint the power of the wealthy would become a monopoly, and the poor, though in every respect fully as worthy in God's sight, would be regarded and treated as inferior to their more prosperous brethren. The sense of this oppression would arouse the passions of the poorer class. There would be a feeling of despair and desperation which would tend to demoralize society and open the door to crimes of every description. The regulations that God established were designed to promote social equality. The provisions of the sabbatical year and the jubilee would, in a great measure, set right that which during the interval had gone wrong in the social and political economy of the nation.

Herren ville forhindre, at menneskene gjorde rigdom og magt til det største mål for deres stræben. Det ville få de uheldigste følger, hvis een befolkningsgruppe blev ved at samle rigdom, mens andre levede i fattigdom og elendighed. Hvis der ikke blev sat visse grænser, ville de rige tage hele magten og behandle deres fattige medbrødre som ringere mennesker, skønt disse var fuldt så meget værd i Guds øjne. Fornemmelsen af at blive holdt nede ville vække de fattiges vrede, og deres fortvivlelse og utilfredshed ville bidrage til at demoralisere samfundet og bane vej for forbrydelser af enhver art. Hensigten med Guds love var at tilstræbe social lighed. I sabbatsåret og jubelåret ville der for en stor del blive rådet bod på de fejltrin, der var begået på det sociale og politiske område i det mellemliggende tidsrum.