EXOD92 In the Exodus cycle, which is the core of the Five Books of Moses, we find the same intimate union of land, people, and faith. Here again this link is a consequence of the very structure of the biblical conceptions of history and human destiny. God has entered into history by establishing a special relationship to humanity through an elected part of the human race. But this people must be free if it is to be able to worship the Lord properly (Exodus 5:1-4). "Let My people go, that they may worship Me" is the leitmotif of the exodus (Exodus 4:23, 5:1-3, 7:26, 8:16, 9:1-13, 10:3). When the Jews are so totally oppressed, they cannot hear or grasp God's concern (Exodus 6:9). Conversely, when they are redeemed, they will know (e.g., experience directly) that the Lord God exercises the primary claim on their loyalty (Exodus 6:7, 20:2). Their redemption will be the most resounding testimony to the Lord's name and power (Exodus 7:5, 9:15, 11:8, 15:14-19, 18:1, 8-11). In turn, that act of redemption will be completed by bringing the people to their land (Exodus 6:8, 13:3-5, 11:16).