NIV Commentary - Exodus

The book of Exodus functions as the sequel to Genesis describing God's deliverance of the children of Israel and the establishment of a new covenant between God and Israel. The rest of the Old Testament looks back on the exodus of Israel from Egypt as the primary redemptive event in Israel's history.

This primary redemptive event became central to the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. God's redemption of Israel became the foundation for the Israelite faith and proactive reflected in the many Old Testament allusions to the Exodus as the basis for:

• Obedience to the covenant
• Proper ethical treatment of others
• The establishment of the sovereignty of God
• A national dateline marking the nation's history
• A standard for the measurement of all subsequent events