Parashat Bechukotai

Leviticus closes with the terms of the covenant. If the people walk in God's laws, the rains will come in season, the land will yield its harvest, they will live in peace and God will dwell among them. If they reject the covenant, a long passage of curses follows: disease, famine, defeat, desolation, exile, and the land finally enjoying the Sabbaths it was denied. Yet even in the land of their enemies God will not reject them, and the covenant with the patriarchs will be remembered. A final chapter sets the values for vows of persons, animals, houses and fields dedicated to the sanctuary, and the laws of tithes.