 In the seventh reading (, "aliyah"), which is also the concluding maftir () reading, Moses said that he set before them the choice between life and prosperity on the one hand and death and adversity on the other.Moses commanded them to love God, to walk in God's ways, and to keep God's commandments, that they might thrive and increase, and that God might bless them in the land.But if their hearts turned away and they gave no heed, and were lured into the worship of other gods, Moses warned that they would certainly perish and not long endure in the land.