This section of Exodus is a combination of moral, ceremonial, and civil laws, which point us to Christ and/or guide our lives today.
It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without Saul of Tarsus (the apostle Paul), but it would have been harder...
Four short parables point to the surpassing value of the kingdom of God and the need to find it now.
New life in Christ includes submission to governmental authorities, love for the other, and putting on Christ for all to see him.