cleansed of any pagan Egyptian influences and then translated into the behavior and action of God’s people. The personal faith of their sojourning fathers had to become the public demonstration of truth—about God, about human beings, and about life in history. For that is the Bible’s insistence: We believe God to be alive. He has told us in his Word how we should live and order our lives, set our priorities, and what sense to make of being human. Transitions often involve changes and adaptations.