And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions. The summary verse closes the chapter with the same phrase that will echo through Deuteronomy: on that very day. The precision of the timing — to the day, at the appointed time, exactly as promised — is the final word on the Exodus event. The Lord brought them out — active verb, divine subject, completed action. Not Israel escaped, not Moses negotiated a release, but the Lord brought them out. Deuteronomy 26:8 will encode this into liturgy: the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. The liturgy Israel will repeat for three thousand years begins here, on that very day, when the Lord did exactly what He promised Abraham He would do and brought His people out of Egypt by their divisions, as an army, free.

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