Exodus: Rescue, Covenant & the Presence of God
Exodus tells the story of the God who hears the cries of His people, rescues Israel from slavery, enters covenant with them and comes to dwell among them.
Welcome to Exodus
Exodus begins with a problem.
The family that entered Egypt at the end of Genesis has multiplied.
But generations have passed.
Joseph is dead.
A new Pharaoh has arisen.
And Israel is enslaved.
The people groan.
They cry out.
And then Exodus tells us:
God hears.
God remembers His covenant.
God sees.
God knows.
Those words begin one of the greatest rescue stories in Scripture.
God calls Moses.
He confronts Pharaoh.
He brings judgment upon Egypt.
He leads Israel through the sea.
He provides in the wilderness.
He brings His people to Mount Sinai.
He enters covenant with them.
He gives instructions for a tabernacle.
And by the final chapter:
the glory of the LORD fills it.
That movement matters.
Exodus is not merely a story about escaping Egypt.
God tells Moses what His rescue is ultimately moving towards: “I will take you to be My people, and I will be your God.”
Later, at Sinai, He says: “I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.”
Rescue leads towards relationship.
And relationship leads towards God dwelling among His people.
Before You Begin
Exodus continues the story Genesis left unfinished.
God had promised Abraham:
offspring,
land
and blessing.
He had also told Abraham that his descendants would live as strangers in a land that was not theirs and would be afflicted, but that God would eventually bring them out.
By the beginning of Exodus, Abraham’s descendants are numerous.
But they are not free.
They are enslaved in Egypt.
And they are not living in the land promised to Abraham.
So when Exodus says that God “remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,” it does not mean God had forgotten and suddenly recalled it.
In biblical language, God’s remembering often points towards His acting faithfully in accordance with His covenant.
Exodus therefore continues a story already underway.
It is also important to notice the order of events.
God does not give Israel the Law and say:
Obey this perfectly and then I will rescue you from Egypt.
He rescues them.
Then He brings them to Sinai.
Then He teaches the people He has redeemed how they are to live as His covenant people.
That order matters.
Rescue precedes Sinai.
And throughout Exodus, watch one question continually emerge:
Who is the LORD?
Pharaoh asks it defiantly: “Who is the LORD, that I should obey His voice?”
The rest of Exodus answers.
The Story of Exodus
Exodus moves from slavery towards the presence of God.
Its major movement can be seen as:
slavery → God’s call → confrontation → Passover → rescue → wilderness → covenant → tabernacle → rebellion → renewed covenant → God’s glory dwelling among His people
Movement One – Slavery, the Burning Bush & the God Who Sees
Exodus 1-6
What Happens Here
Exodus begins by naming the sons of Israel who entered Egypt.
But the situation soon changes.
A new king arises who does not know Joseph.
He sees Israel’s growing population as a threat and subjects the people to forced labour.
When oppression does not stop their multiplication, Pharaoh orders Hebrew baby boys to be killed.
But the Hebrew midwives fear God rather than Pharaoh.
Then a child is born.
Moses.
His mother hides him.
Eventually she places him in a basket among the reeds of the Nile.
Pharaoh’s own daughter finds him and raises him.
Years later, Moses kills an Egyptian who is beating a Hebrew and flees to Midian.
Then Exodus shifts our attention away from Moses and towards God.
Israel groans under slavery.
They cry out.
And God:
hears,
remembers His covenant,
sees the people of Israel
and knows.
At the burning bush, God calls Moses.
Moses asks who he is to go to Pharaoh.
God’s answer redirects the focus: “But I will be with you.”
When Moses asks God’s name, God reveals Himself as “I AM WHO I AM” and identifies Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Moses repeatedly objects.
But God continues to commission him.
When Moses and Aaron first confront Pharaoh, conditions become worse rather than better.
Israel’s leaders blame them.
Moses returns to God confused.
And God again declares what He will do.
“I am the LORD.”
He will bring them out.
He will deliver them.
He will redeem them.
He will take them as His people.
What to Notice About God
Before Israel is rescued, God sees them.
He hears their cries.
He knows their suffering.
And His response is connected with His covenant faithfulness.
When Moses focuses upon his own inadequacy, God’s central answer is not a catalogue of Moses’ hidden strengths.
It is: “I will be with you.”
The rescue will reveal who God is.
A Thread to Follow
Notice how often Exodus redirects attention from human ability towards God’s presence and character.
Moses asks, in effect: Who am I?
God answers with: I will be with you.
That does not mean Moses’ choices and obedience are irrelevant.
But his adequacy for the calling does not ultimately rest in self-confidence.
The biblical answer to Moses’ inadequacy is God’s presence.
That gives us something important to consider when our attention becomes consumed by our own limitations.
Pause & Notice
- What does Exodus tell you God does when Israel cries out under slavery?
- How does God’s answer to Moses redirect attention away from Moses’ adequacy?
- When you feel inadequate, where does your attention usually go first: towards everything you lack, or towards who God has revealed Himself to be? How might God’s words “I will be with you” challenge the way you think about dependence upon Him?
Movement Two – Pharaoh, Passover & Rescue Through the Sea
Exodus 7-15
What Happens Here
Moses and Aaron repeatedly stand before Pharaoh with God’s command: “Let My people go.”
Pharaoh repeatedly refuses.
A series of plagues follows:
water becomes blood,
frogs,
gnats,
flies,
death among livestock,
boils,
hail,
locusts,
darkness
and finally the death of the firstborn.
The repeated language concerning Pharaoh’s heart is important and complex.
At different points Exodus says:
Pharaoh hardens his heart,
Pharaoh’s heart is hardened
and God hardens Pharaoh’s heart.
The narrative does not reduce this to a simple formula.
Pharaoh genuinely resists God, and God’s judicial hardening also forms part of the story.
Throughout the plagues, another theme repeats.
God acts so that:
Egypt,
Pharaoh
and Israel
will know that He is the LORD.
Before the final plague, God gives Israel the Passover.
Each household is to sacrifice a lamb and place its blood upon the doorposts.
That night judgment falls upon Egypt, while the marked Israelite households are passed over.
Pharaoh finally tells Israel to leave.
But he changes his mind and pursues them.
Israel finds itself trapped between Pharaoh’s army and the sea.
The people are terrified.
Moses says: “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD.”
God makes a way through the waters.
Israel crosses.
The Egyptian forces are overwhelmed.
Exodus 15 then erupts into song:
“The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.”
What to Notice About God
God’s rescue of Israel is not merely an escape engineered by Moses.
Exodus repeatedly attributes the deliverance to the LORD.
He is revealing His name, power and authority.
And Passover establishes a pattern of rescue through which later Scripture will speak.
The New Testament explicitly calls Christ “our Passover lamb.”
We do not need to invent the connection.
Scripture gives it to us.
A Thread to Follow
Pharaoh’s question was: “Who is the LORD?”
The plagues answer.
The sea answers.
The song answers.
The God Pharaoh refuses to acknowledge reveals Himself as sovereign over Egypt and faithful to His covenant people.
But notice Israel at the sea.
Their circumstances make Pharaoh’s army appear more immediately real than God’s previous acts of faithfulness.
Fear narrows their vision.
Exodus invites us to notice how easily what we can presently see can dominate what we know to be true about God.
Pause & Notice
- What repeated purpose does Exodus give for God’s actions during the plagues?
- How does Passover function within Israel’s rescue from Egypt?
- When circumstances feel threatening, how easily does what you can see become more powerful in your thinking than what you know about God’s character? What might it look like to bring fear honestly before Him without allowing fear to define who He is?
Movement Three – The Wilderness & Covenant at Sinai
Exodus 16-24
What Happens Here
Israel is free from Egypt.
But freedom does not mean immediate ease.
The people enter the wilderness.
They become hungry.
They complain.
God provides manna and quail.
They become thirsty.
God provides water.
Amalek attacks, and Israel fights while Moses intercedes.
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, sees the unsustainable burden Moses is carrying and advises him to appoint capable leaders to help judge the people.
Then Israel arrives at Mount Sinai.
God reminds them first of what He has already done: “You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.”
Only then does He speak about covenant obedience.
Israel is called to be God’s treasured possession among the nations, “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”
The Ten Commandments follow.
The covenant instructions continue through chapters 21-23.
Then in Exodus 24, the covenant is formally confirmed.
Sacrifices are offered.
The blood of the covenant is sprinkled.
Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and seventy elders ascend and experience an extraordinary encounter with God.
They behold God, and they eat and drink.
What to Notice About God
The order matters.
God says, in effect:
I rescued you.
I carried you.
I brought you to Myself.
Now hear how My covenant people are to live.
Obedience does not purchase Israel’s rescue from Egypt.
It follows rescue.
And the destination of rescue is not merely geographical freedom.
God says: “I brought you to Myself.”
A Thread to Follow
Israel soon discovers that leaving Egypt is not the same as immediately learning to trust God.
They have been physically freed from slavery.
Yet in the wilderness they repeatedly struggle to trust the God who rescued them.
That distinction reaches towards the heart of transformation.
A changed circumstance does not automatically produce a changed way of thinking.
God is forming a people who must learn to live in relationship with Him.
Pause & Notice
- What does God remind Israel He has already done before giving the covenant commands?
- What does “I brought you to Myself” reveal about the purpose of Israel’s rescue?
- Are there places where you are asking God primarily to change your circumstances when He may also be using His Word to transform the way you trust, think and respond within them?
Movement Four – The Tabernacle & the God Who Dwells Among His People
Exodus 25-31
What Happens Here
The pace of Exodus changes dramatically.
After the plagues, Passover, the sea, the wilderness and Sinai, many chapters are devoted to detailed instructions.
God tells Moses to receive contributions from the people for a sanctuary.
Then He explains why: “Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.”
Instructions follow for:
the ark of the covenant,
the table,
the lampstand,
the tabernacle,
the altar,
the courtyard,
the priestly garments,
the consecration of the priests,
the altar of incense,
the bronze basin
and other elements of worship.
Aaron and his sons are appointed to serve as priests.
Bezalel and Oholiab are specifically equipped by God for the craftsmanship required.
The Sabbath is again emphasised.
These chapters can feel very different from the dramatic narrative that precedes them.
But their detail tells us something important.
The God who rescued Israel intends to dwell among them.
What to Notice About God
God’s presence is not a decorative addition to Israel’s life.
It is central.
The God who appeared to Moses in the burning bush and descended upon Sinai is making provision to dwell among His covenant people.
His holiness means that His presence is not treated casually.
The detailed instructions reflect the seriousness of approaching the holy God.
A Thread to Follow
The tabernacle begins a major biblical thread.
God dwelling with His people.
Later comes the temple.
Then John’s Gospel describes the Word becoming flesh and dwelling among us.
The New Testament speaks of God’s Spirit dwelling in His people.
And Revelation ends with the great announcement that God’s dwelling is with humanity.
Exodus therefore participates in a theme that reaches across Scripture:
God with His people.
And that invites a personal question deeper than simply, “What can God give me?”
It asks whether what we ultimately desire is God Himself.
Pause & Notice
- Why does God tell Israel to build the sanctuary?
- What do the detailed instructions communicate about God’s holiness and presence?
- When you think about your relationship with God, are you more focused upon what you want Him to do for you or upon knowing and living with Him? What does Exodus’ emphasis on God’s presence invite you to value most deeply?
Movement Five – The Golden Calf, Intercession & the Character of God
Exodus 32-34
What Happens Here
The contrast could hardly be greater.
On the mountain, God has been giving Moses instructions for dwelling among His people.
Below the mountain, the people are making an idol.
Moses has been gone longer than they expected.
The people gather around Aaron and demand gods to go before them.
Aaron fashions a golden calf.
The people declare: “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
The very rescue accomplished by the LORD is attributed to an idol they have just made.
God tells Moses what has happened.
Judgment follows.
Moses intercedes.
The covenant relationship has been seriously violated.
Then comes one of the most striking conversations in Exodus.
Moses says to God: “If Your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.”
For Moses, the promised destination without God’s presence is not enough.
Then Moses asks: “Please show me Your glory.”
God responds by revealing His goodness and proclaiming His name.
In Exodus 34, God declares Himself:
“merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”
But the declaration continues.
God does not simply ignore guilt.
He is both merciful and just.
The covenant is renewed.
Moses descends from the mountain with his face shining because he has been speaking with God.
What to Notice About God
Exodus 34 becomes one of the Old Testament’s foundational descriptions of God’s character.
Later biblical writers repeatedly return to it.
God is:
merciful,
gracious,
slow to anger,
abounding in steadfast love
and faithful.
Yet His mercy is not indifference towards evil.
The same passage speaks of justice.
Scripture refuses to force God’s holiness and mercy apart.
A Thread to Follow
The golden calf exposes how quickly human beings can exchange the true God for something they can see, shape and manage.
Israel wants something visible to go before them.
They create a god they can control.
That raises a searching question far beyond the physical making of idols.
Do we want God as He has revealed Himself?
Or are we tempted to reshape Him into someone more manageable, predictable or compatible with what we already want?
Moses’ response points in another direction: “If Your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.”
For Moses, God Himself is indispensable.
Pause & Notice
- What makes the golden calf such a serious rejection of what God has already done for Israel?
- What does God’s self-revelation in Exodus 34 hold together about His character?
- Is there anywhere you are tempted to want God’s gifts, direction or desired outcome more than you want God Himself? What might Moses’ words about God’s presence expose in your own heart?
Movement Six – The Glory of the LORD Fills the Tabernacle
Exodus 35-40
What Happens Here
After the covenant crisis, the tabernacle instructions begin to be carried out.
The people bring offerings.
In fact, they give so freely that Moses eventually tells them to stop because more than enough has been provided.
Bezalel, Oholiab and other skilled workers begin the work.
The curtains are made.
The ark is constructed.
The table.
The lampstand.
The altars.
The courtyard.
The priestly garments.
Again and again, the work is completed “as the LORD had commanded Moses.”
Eventually the tabernacle is assembled.
Everything is placed according to God’s instruction.
And then comes the climax of Exodus:
“Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.”
Moses cannot enter because the cloud rests upon it and God’s glory fills it.
The cloud then guides Israel throughout their journeys.
When it lifts, they travel.
When it remains, they stay.
Exodus ends with God’s presence visibly among His people.
What to Notice About God
The book began with Israel enslaved under Pharaoh.
It ends with the glory of God dwelling among them.
That is an extraordinary movement.
Slaves in Egypt → covenant people with God in their midst.
Yet the fact that Moses cannot enter the tabernacle also leaves a question unresolved.
How can a holy God dwell among a sinful people?
That question leads directly into Leviticus.
A Thread to Follow
Notice how Exodus ends.
Not with Israel arriving in Canaan.
Not with military victory.
Not with prosperity.
It ends with God’s presence.
The great destination of Exodus is not merely escape from something.
It is being brought into relationship with Someone.
That challenges any view of salvation that treats God merely as the means to a better life.
The greatest gift is not simply freedom from Pharaoh.
It is God Himself dwelling among His people.
Pause & Notice
- How does the ending of Exodus answer the longing introduced earlier for God to dwell among Israel?
- What unresolved question is created when God’s glory fills the tabernacle but Moses cannot enter?
- If God’s presence is the great destination of Exodus, what might that challenge about the things you most deeply seek from Him?
See Exodus as a Whole
Exodus begins under the shadow of Pharaoh.
Israel is enslaved.
Baby boys are threatened with death.
The people groan.
And God hears.
Then the story moves:
slavery → calling → confrontation → judgment → Passover → rescue → wilderness → Sinai → covenant → tabernacle → rebellion → intercession → renewed covenant → glory
But beneath all of those events runs an even deeper movement.
God says:
“I will be with you.”
Then:
“I will take you to be My people, and I will be your God.”
Then:
“I brought you to Myself.”
Then:
“Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.”
And finally:
“The glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.”
Seen this way, Exodus is not simply about getting Israel out of Egypt.
It is about God bringing Israel to Himself.
That is the great movement to carry with you.
Seven Great Threads to Carry With You
1. God Sees, Hears & Knows
Israel suffers before the rescue arrives.
But their suffering is not invisible to God.
Exodus says He:
hears,
remembers,
sees
and knows.
Those words do not mean Israel immediately understands how or when God will act.
They reveal something first about God Himself.
2. God Reveals Who He Is
Pharaoh asks: “Who is the LORD?”
Exodus answers through God’s words and actions.
He is not defined by Pharaoh.
He is not defined by Israel’s fear.
He reveals Himself.
That is important for our own transformation.
We learn who God is from His revelation, not from allowing changing circumstances or emotions to redefine Him.
3. Rescue Comes Before Sinai
Israel does not earn deliverance by keeping the Law.
God rescues them and then enters covenant with them.
Obedience matters deeply.
But it belongs within a relationship God has already initiated.
That protects obedience from becoming an attempt to purchase God’s favour.
4. God’s Presence Is Greater Than His Gifts
Moses says: “If Your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.”
The land without God is not enough.
That is a profoundly searching truth.
It asks whether we desire God merely because of what He might give us or because He Himself is our treasure.
5. God Is Merciful, Gracious, Holy & Just
Exodus 34 refuses to reduce God to one attribute.
He is merciful.
Gracious.
Slow to anger.
Abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
And He takes guilt seriously.
The God of Scripture must be known as He reveals Himself, not reshaped into whichever attributes we find easiest.
6. Human Fear Can Distort What We See
At the sea, Israel sees Pharaoh and becomes terrified.
In the wilderness, hunger and thirst repeatedly dominate their perspective.
At Sinai, Moses’ delay contributes to the people’s demand for a visible god.
Exodus repeatedly shows how fear and uncertainty can narrow human vision.
Transformation involves learning to interpret life increasingly through what God has revealed rather than allowing circumstances alone to tell us who He is.
7. God Desires to Dwell Among His People
This is where Exodus ultimately leads.
The glory fills the tabernacle.
God is among His covenant people.
And the rest of Scripture will continue developing this extraordinary theme:
God with us.
Where Exodus Leads
Exodus creates threads that run throughout the rest of Scripture.
The Passover becomes part of Israel’s ongoing worship and remembrance.
In the New Testament, Paul explicitly calls Christ “our Passover lamb.”
The exodus itself becomes one of the great biblical pictures of God’s saving power.
The Sinai covenant shapes Israel’s national and covenant life.
The tabernacle establishes patterns of priesthood, sacrifice, holiness and divine presence that continue into Leviticus and beyond.
God’s self-revelation in Exodus 34 echoes repeatedly through the Old Testament.
And the longing for God to dwell among His people continues.
John’s Gospel tells us that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and that His glory was seen.
Jesus fulfils the great biblical movement towards God dwelling with humanity in a way the tabernacle could only anticipate.
Through Christ, believers are brought near to God.
The New Testament speaks of God’s Spirit dwelling in His people.
And Revelation eventually announces:
“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.”
Exodus therefore participates in a story much larger than Israel leaving Egypt.
It moves towards one of Scripture’s greatest realities:
God dwelling with His redeemed people.
Before You Leave Exodus
Before leaving Exodus, look again at where the book began.
Israel is enslaved.
Pharaoh appears powerful.
Moses is reluctant.
The people are suffering.
And the promised future is difficult to imagine.
Then God says: “I am the LORD.”
Exodus gradually teaches Israel – and the reader – to know Him.
The God who sees.
The God who hears.
The God who remembers His covenant.
The God who acts.
The God who rescues.
The God who provides.
The God who speaks.
The God who is holy.
The God who is merciful and gracious.
The God who desires to dwell among His people.
But allow those truths to come closer.
When Moses sees his inadequacy, God says: “I will be with you.”
When Israel sees Pharaoh’s army, fear overwhelms what they know.
When the wilderness becomes uncomfortable, they struggle to trust.
When Moses remains on the mountain longer than expected, the people create something they can see and control.
Again and again, Exodus exposes the human desire for:
certainty,
control,
visible reassurance
and immediate relief.
And again and again, Scripture redirects attention towards God.
Perhaps that is one of Exodus’ deepest invitations for the heart.
Not to pretend fear does not exist.
Not to assume every difficulty means God will reproduce Israel’s particular rescue in your circumstances.
Not to turn the Red Sea into a promise that every obstacle in your life will miraculously disappear.
But to allow what Scripture actually reveals about God to reshape the way you trust Him.
You may not know exactly how every circumstance will unfold.
Moses often did not.
Israel often did not.
But Exodus continually asks us to learn who the LORD is.
And transformation happens when knowing Him begins to matter more than controlling everything around us.
Pause Before You Continue
- Looking back across Exodus, what have you discovered about God’s character that you most want to carry with you?
- Where do you see the difference between Israel being rescued by God and Israel learning to trust and obey the God who rescued them?
- When circumstances feel uncertain, are you most tempted to seek control, visible reassurance or immediate relief? What might Exodus invite you to remember about God in those moments?
- Moses eventually says that the promised destination is not enough without God’s presence. Is there anything you desire from God so strongly that the gift could quietly become more important to you than the Giver?
- What truth from Exodus do you want to become more than something you understand – something that increasingly transforms how you trust, obey and live with God?
Now Open His Word
This Overview was never intended to replace Exodus.
So open the book.
Begin in Egypt.
Feel the weight of the oppression.
Notice Pharaoh.
Then notice the Hebrew midwives who fear God more than the king.
Watch Moses enter the story.
But when Israel cries out, shift your attention where Exodus shifts it:
God heard.
God remembered.
God saw.
God knew.
Stay there for a moment.
Then follow Moses into the wilderness.
See the bush burning without being consumed.
Listen when God reveals His name.
When Moses asks: “Who am I?”
listen carefully to God’s response: “I will be with you.”
Notice where the answer directs Moses’ attention.
Then stand before Pharaoh.
Listen to his question: “Who is the LORD?”
Carry that question with you through every plague.
What is Exodus revealing?
Who has authority?
Who keeps His word?
Who distinguishes Israel from Egypt?
Who acts in judgment?
Who rescues?
When you reach Passover, read carefully.
Notice exactly what God tells Israel to do.
Then when you later reach the New Testament and read that Christ is our Passover lamb, allow Scripture itself to make that connection for you.
Then arrive at the sea.
Feel the fear.
Listen to Israel.
Listen to Moses.
Watch what God does.
But do not turn the Red Sea into a formula promising that every difficulty you face will disappear in the same way.
Instead ask:
What does this reveal about the God Israel is learning to know?
Then enter the wilderness.
Watch how quickly fear returns.
Hunger.
Thirst.
Complaining.
Notice that physical rescue from Egypt has not instantly produced deep trust in God.
Let that challenge any assumption that transformation happens merely because circumstances change.
Then arrive at Sinai.
And before reading a single command, read what God says first: “I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.”
Do not reverse the order.
Rescue first.
Then covenant life.
Then enter the tabernacle instructions.
Do not rush through them simply because they feel unfamiliar.
Keep asking why they are there.
Eventually God tells you: “that I may dwell in their midst.”
Then come down the mountain.
See the golden calf.
Ask why a people who have seen so much of God still want something they can see and manage.
And allow that question to come gently towards your own heart.
Are there ways you would prefer God to be more predictable?
More manageable?
More aligned with what you already want?
Then listen to Moses: “If Your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.”
Ask yourself whether you can say the same.
Then listen as God proclaims His own character:
merciful,
gracious,
slow to anger,
abounding in steadfast love
and faithfulness.
Let God tell you who God is.
Finally, enter chapter 40.
Watch the tabernacle being assembled.
And then:
the glory of the LORD fills it.
Now look back across the whole book.
Israel began under Pharaoh.
Exodus ends under the cloud of God’s presence.
They have not yet reached the promised land.
The journey is not finished.
But God is with them.
And perhaps Exodus leaves you with a question worth carrying far beyond its final chapter:
Is knowing and living with God Himself becoming more precious to you than simply receiving what you hope He will give you?
Remain with His Word long enough for that question to reach the heart.
Because transformation is not merely learning what God did long ago.
It begins as the truth Scripture reveals about Him increasingly reshapes the way you see Him, trust Him, desire Him and live before Him.
And once again, the Overview has served its purpose when it sends you back to His Word.
Continue Your Journey Through Exodus
After stepping back to see Exodus as a whole, you may like to return to the beginning and walk through it more slowly.
Explore Exodus chapter by chapter, noticing the God who sees and rescues, the covenant relationship He establishes with Israel and the extraordinary movement towards His presence among His people – and allowing what Scripture truly reveals about Him to reach beyond understanding into the way you trust and live.
→ Explore Exodus Chapter by Chapter
Or, when you are ready to continue the story beyond Exodus:
→ Continue to Leviticus