Less than three months later, Jehovah made a covenant with the Israelites at Mount Sinai and gave them this historic promise: “If you will strictly obey my voice and keep my covenant, you will certainly become my special property out of all peoples,... a holy nation. ” ​ — Ex. 19: 5, 6.
وَلَمْ يَتَحَرَّرْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ نِيرِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ ٱلظَّالِمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَنْ حَلَّتْ بِمِصْرَ عَشْرُ ضَرَبَاتٍ وَغَرِقَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجَيْشُهُ فِي مِيَاهِ ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْأَحْمَرِ .‏