God promised them: “It must occur that if you will without fail obey my commandments that I am commanding you today so as to love Jehovah your God and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul, I also shall certainly give rain for your land at its appointed time, autumn rain and spring rain, and you will indeed gather your grain and your sweet wine and your oil. ”
इस्राएली जब वादा किये हुए देश में जाने ही वाले थे तो परमेश्‍वर ने उनके सामने एक चुनाव रखा: “सुन, आज मैं ने तुझ को जीवन और मरण, हानि और लाभ दिखाया है । ”