Bechukotai בְּחֻקֹּתַי
Commandments in this portion: positive — 7 · negative — 5counted by Sefer HaChinuch
Which commandments
- 350The commandment that one who appraises a man give the value delineated in the Torahמצות מעריך אדם שיתן דמים הקצובים בתורהpos.
- 351To not exchange consecrated thingsשלא נמיר הקדשיםneg.
- 352The commandment of the one who exchanges the beast of a sacrifice with another beast, such that both of them be consecratedמצות הממיר בהמת קרבן בבהמה אחרת שתהיינה שתיהן קדשpos.
- 353The commandment of the appraisal of a beast, such that one give according to what the priest appraisesמצות מעריך בהמה שיתן כפי שיעריכנה הכהןpos.
- 354The commandment of appraising houses, such that he give the appraisal that the priest appraises and the addition of a fifthמצות מעריך בתים שיתן כערך שיעריכנה הכהן ותוספת חמשpos.
- 355The commandment of appraising a field, that he give the appraisal specified in the section of the Torahמצות מעריך שדה שיתן כערך הקצוב בפרשהpos.
- 356To not change the consecrated from a sacrifice to a sacrificeשלא לשנות הקדשים מקרבן לקרבןneg.
- 357The commandment of the law of one who dedicates from his properties, that it is of the priestsמצות דין מחרים מנכסיו שהוא לכהניםpos.
- 358That owners that dedicated land not sell it, but that it rather be given to the priestsשלא ימכר קרקע שהחרימו אותה בעלים אלא תנתן לכהניםneg.
- 359That a dedicated field not be redeemedשלא יגאל שדה החרםneg.
- 360The commandment of the tithe of pure beasts every yearמצות מעשר בהמה טהורה בכל שנהpos.
- 361To not sell the tithe of beasts, but rather that it be eaten in Jerusalemשלא למכר מעשר בהמה אלא יאכל בירושליםneg.
Numbering, order and division follow Sefer HaChinuch; the number links to the text.
If you walk in My statutes: rain in its season, bread to the full, peace in the land, and My dwelling among you. And if not: a long and terrible reproof, ending in exile—and in the promise that the covenant with the fathers will not be forgotten. Vows, valuations and tithes close the book.
Read next on 29 May 2027, 20 May 2028. By the Israeli reading cycle.
People of the portion
Mosesprophet, leader of the Exodus, who received the Torah at Sinai2368–2488 AM · 120 yearsAbrahamthe first patriarch, who made the one God known to the world1948–2123 AM · 175 yearsIsaacthe second patriarch, the only one who never left the Land of Israel2048–2228 AM · 180 yearsJacobthe third patriarch, father of the twelve tribes, renamed Israel2108–2255 AM · 147 years
How it is read
| First | Vayikra 26:3—26:5 | 3 verses |
|---|---|---|
| Second | Vayikra 26:6—26:9 | 4 verses |
| Third | Vayikra 26:10—26:46 | 37 verses |
| Fourth | Vayikra 27:1—27:15 | 15 verses |
| Fifth | Vayikra 27:16—27:21 | 6 verses |
| Sixth | Vayikra 27:22—27:28 | 7 verses |
| Seventh | Vayikra 27:29—27:34 | 6 verses |
| Maftir | Vayikra 27:32—27:34 | 3 verses |
| Haftarah | Jeremiah 16:19—17:14 on Sefaria | 17 verses |
The text
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