The Law: God Enters into a Covenant Relationship with Israel

The first half of Exodus detailed how God brought Israel out of Egypt with His mighty hand. The second half tells how God entered into a formal covenant relationship with Israel as a nation and made His presence dwell among them. God’s plan was to make Israel a nation of priests that would represent Him to the rest of the world. This was a specific outworking of the promise made to Abraham, that God would make his descendants a great blessing to the whole world (Genesis 12:1-3). By the end of Exodus, God will actually come to dwell within the camp of Israel, demonstrating the overall them of the Bible: God With Us.