In Exodus, we are shown that obedience to God's commands is constitutive of being the people of God and it fulfills the purpose of election. Election is not just a privilege to be enjoyed but a responsibility to be performed. The Decalogue plays a special role in the literary shaping of Exodus. Located in the larger cross current of the Old Testament, some of these laws get worked out in different places within the narrative of the Pentateuch. Israel becomes the people of God because she has been chosen and redeemed. Exodus makes clear that the imperatives that God gives to His people flow from the indicatives of God's grace - His initial redemption and redemptive move toward His people.