enter into the second Alliance accepting all divine commandments. In Exodus we are informed:
‘Now Moses called a meeting of all the people and told them, “You must obey these instructions from the Eternal”‘ Ex. 35:1 Moses informed the Israelites of the divine instructions and they accepted to comply by this covenant by their own free will: ‘So all the people left Moses and went to their tents to prepare their gifts. If their hearts were stirred and they desired to do so, they brought to the Eternal their offerings of materials for the Tabernacle and its furnishing and for the holy garments. Both men and women came; all whose hearts were willing.’ Ex. 35: 20-22
The third choice:
The choice of the Israelites to obey or disobey the Alliance
We have seen above how the Israelites accepted belief in God; then how they chose to accept the covenant. In their choice they were given the choice between obeying the terms of the Alliance or not to obey these terms. In other words, their choice at this level was to comply by the Law or not to comply by the Law. The Alliance of choice grants the freedom of this choice. The Alliance states the consequences of the Israelites’ choice. The motive of the choice is clearly observed in the use of the conditional ‘if’ and ‘but’, as is affirmed in the following verses.
A. The first option of the choice: Obedience
The Israelites were given the free choice to accept the divine commands and obey it with all the consequences of their choice: ‘If you keep my laws and are careful to obey my commands, I will send the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees will produce their fruit…I will give