Reference for Avodah Zarah 9:13

מיתיבי (דברים ה, כו) מי יתן והיה לבבם זה להם לבטל מהם מלאך המות א"א שכבר נגזרה גזרה

They raised on objection: “May they always be of such a mind [… that it might go well with them and their children]” (Deuteronomy 5:26). This obviously does not refer to the abolition of the angel of death, since the decree [of death] had already been made? It means therefore that Israel accepted the Torah only so that no nation or tongue would prevail against them, as it is said,

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