Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, I have told you repeatedly that this book of Exodus takes us from slavery to worship via the knowledge of God. And it does so with tremendous literary artistry. Our passage this morning seems pretty vanilla. Compared to the tremendous climaxes we've already witnessed, such as the announcement of God's name and the "bridegroom of blood" episode, and the high drama of Moses and Aaron confronting Pharaoh that we're about to witness, these few verses seem to have little to offer. The commentators shoot over them very quickly. But clearly the narrator intends us to see yet another climactic moment here — the moment when deliverance is announced to the people of God, and they bow their heads and worship. One commentator noted that of the thirty-some times "Afterwards" is used in the Bible, it only indisputably begins a new section once, in Ezra 7:1. That may even be true. And yet it has always seemed to me that the text pauses right here to let the implications linger for a moment. They bowed their heads and worshipped! And we need to learn that same lesson. When we see how God provides, and listen to the announcement of that provision, we too need to believe and worship.