“And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.”
And the people believed. When they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshipped. The response is immediate and total: belief and worship. The belief comes not primarily from the signs but from the content of the message — God has seen their misery, God is concerned about them. After generations of slavery with no visible divine response, the announcement that God has seen and cares is the catalyst. John 20:30–31 says the signs in John's Gospel were written so that you may believe. The signs here serve the same purpose, but it is the message they authenticate — God has seen, God cares, God is moving — that produces the response. The bowing and worshipping is Israel's first corporate act of faith in the book of Exodus, and it is the anticipation of what Exodus is moving toward: a people free to worship the God who saw their misery and came down to rescue them.
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