What happensPermalink
Israel encamps at Sinai (they won’t leave again until the end of Exodus). God promises, in exchange for obedience, to make them “His treasured possession.” The people agree, and God comes down to Sinai to make the covenant with Moses.
Why it mattersPermalink
This chapter begins the formation of the Mosaic covenant, and it bears the same symbols as Abraham’s: fire and smoke. God had promised Moses on his way into Egypt that Israel would worship on the same mountain on the way out, and they do.
Key versePermalink
“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine”