Earlier, Moses urged the Israelites: “After Jehovah your God you should walk, and him you should fear, and his commandments you should keep, and to his voice you should listen, and him you should serve, and to him you should cling. ”
(‏ ۲تواریخ ۶ :‏ ۳۱ )‏ پیش از این نیز موسی اسرائیلیان را ترغیب کرده بود که ‹ یَهُوَه خدای خود را پیروی نمایند و از او بترسند ،‏ و اوامر او را نگاه دارند و قول او را بشنوند و او را عبادت نموده ،‏ به او ملحق شوند .‏ ›