Exactly commanded....he never said to them you have a choice.
Show me scripture where God said to them you have a choice?
Choice is everywhere in scripture...
17 Anyone who
chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
John 7:17
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
Mark 8:34
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Isaiah 55:6-7
15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.
But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:15
'This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now
choose life, so that you and your children may live.'
Deuteronomy 30:19
15 "Today
I am giving you a choice between good and evil, between life and death.
16 If you obey the commands of the Lord your God, which I give you today, if you love him, obey him, and keep all his laws, then you will prosper and become a nation of many people.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20