Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. And they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.
Somewhere in Exodus, after the burning bush and the parted sea, the stories give way to page after page of measurements for curtains, tent poles and rings of gold. A curious reader can feel their attention drift there and quietly wonder whether this is what the whole book is really about.