And the Israelites did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. The compliance verse closes the instruction section of Exodus 12 with the same formula used throughout the plague narrative and the tabernacle construction. Just as the Lord commanded — the standard of obedience is precise alignment with divine instruction. The people who have been unable to hear God's promise due to broken spirit in Exodus 6:9 are now fully obedient. Something has happened in the narrative between the broken spirits of chapter 6 and the compliance of chapter 12: nine plagues, the announcement of the tenth, and the institution of the Passover have together produced a people ready to act. Faith that was too broken to receive a promise can be rebuilt by the experience of watching God keep it. The Exodus is rebuilding Israel's capacity to believe, one plague at a time.

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