Moses, the leader of the ancient nation of Israel, told the people as they were about to enter the Promised Land: “I have put life and death before you, the blessing and the curse; and you must choose life so that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving Jehovah your God, by listening to his voice, and by sticking to him. ” ​ — Deuteronomy 30: 15, 19, 20.
فيما كان شعب اسرائيل قديما على وشك ان يدخل ارض الموعد ،‏ قال قائده موسى متحدثا باسم يهوه :‏ « جعلت امامك الحياة والموت ،‏ البركة واللعنة .‏