LEV1118 A covenant of mutual promises binds both parties only as long as they both abide by their agreement, and the intent of the covenant is to accomplish mutually beneficial goals. A covenant of love, on the other hand, is intended to establish a lasting relationship that will survive misdeeds by either party, for the purpose of the covenant is the relationship itself. As indicated above, the Torah describes God’s covenant with Israel in both ways. Therefore sometimes God calls Israel to account by punishing Israel severely for failing to abide by the terms of the covenant (e.g., Leviticus 26:14-43; Deuteronomy 28:15-29), and at other times God asserts that even when Israel strays, God will stick by the covenant in maintaining the loving and lasting relationship God formed with our ancestors, the patriarchs and matriarchs, in some sources on condition that Israel return to God's ways and in some sources even without the act of teshuvah, return (e.g., Leviticus 26:44-45; Deuteronomy 7:6-11; 30:1-10).