They will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God. The knowledge formula that has appeared throughout the Exodus — you will know that I am the Lord — here reaches its covenant climax: they will know that I am the Lord their God. The knowledge is grounded in the Exodus: who brought them out of Egypt. The purpose of the Exodus is now fully stated: so that I might dwell among them. The whole sequence — Egypt, plagues, sea, wilderness, Sinai, tabernacle — leads to the dwelling of God among His people. Revelation 21:3 says God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them — the purpose stated in Exodus 29:46 is the purpose that the entire biblical narrative is moving toward.

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