The opening chapters of Exodus have shown us the people of Israel in a terrible situation. They are slaves in Egypt, and face the killing of their baby boys. Their situation points to a more terrible slavery which affects the whole human race, slavery to sin. The question we all face is who can set us free from this slavery and it’s consequences? We see in this passage that Moses’ attempt to rescue the people fails, and that shows us the failure of all attempts we make to set ourselves free. Wonderfully we also see that God hears all who call out to him for salvation and has come down in the person of Jesus Christ to save all who trust in him.