What person did redemption require in the book of Exodus?
In the book of Exodus, redemption required a person, specifically Moses. Israel was helpless as slaves, unable to deliver herself, and God would do the redeeming. Moses had to be proven as the legitimate leader and deliverer by the sign miracles, including the rod becoming a serpent and his hand becoming leprous and healed.
Les explains that the Exodus is a redemption in which God does the redeeming while Israel can do nothing—no armed forces, no economic or political clout, just helpless slaves. Throughout Exodus, redemption requires a person, Moses, who had to be proven the legitimate leader and deliverer by sign miracles: the rod thrown down became serpents, and his hand became leprous and was healed. Those signs proved to the Jew that Moses was indeed God's man to deliver them. By application, the person in our redemption process is the Lord Jesus, who during His three years of earthly ministry proved who He really was by His miracles and validated His claim as Redeemer of Israel. God also required the blood of a lamb on the doorpost; in the New Testament, the Lamb is Christ.