Download The Bible Project's Read Scripture videos on the book of Exodus, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. In Exodus 1-18, God rescues the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and confronts the evil and injustice of Pharaoh. In Exodus 19-40, God invites the Israelites into a covenant and comes to live among them in the Tabernacle, but Israel rebels and ruins the relationship.