preserving its constituent families and their inherited land. It also had the duty to see that a non-Israelite creditor behaved as an Israelite should toward an Israelite debtor, and that the jubilee provision was adhered to eventually. From this analysis, it can be seen that there were two main differences between the redemption and jubilee provisions: First, timing. Redemption (of land or persons) was a duty that could be exercised at any time, locally, as circumstances required, whereas jubilee