Before they entered the Promised Land, Moses told them: “I do take the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you today, that 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, that you may dwell upon the ground that Jehovah swore to your forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to give to them. ”
Թեև իսրայելացիները ծնվում էին Աստծուն նվիրված ժողովրդի մեջ, սակայն նրանցից յուրաքանչյուրը պետք է անձամբ որոշում կայացներ ծառայելու Աստծուն ։