When the Israelites were about to go into the Promised Land, Moses told them: “I have put life and death before you, the blessing and the malediction; and you must choose life in order that you may keep alive, you and your offspring, by loving Jehovah your God, by listening to his voice and by sticking to him; for he is your life and the length of your days. ” ​ — Deuteronomy 30: 19, 20.
Kui iisraellased olid sisenemas Tõotatud Maale, ütles neile Mooses: „Ma olen pannud su ette elu ja surma, õnnistuse ja needuse! Vali nüüd elu, et sina ja su sugu võiksite elada, armastades Jehoovat, oma Jumalat, kuulates tema häält ja hoidudes tema poole!