Albert Barnes Commentary Exodus 3:22

"But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall despoil the Egyptians." — Exodus 3:22 (ASV)

Shall borrow - shall ask. The Egyptians had made the people serve with rigor, and the Israelites, when about to leave the country forever, were to ask or claim the jewels as a just, though very inadequate, remuneration for services which had made their lives bitter. The Egyptians would doubtless have refused had their feelings toward Moses and the people not been changed under God’s influence by calamities in which they recognized a divine interposition, which they also rightly attributed to the obstinacy of their own king . The Hebrew women were to make the demand, and were to make it of women, who would of course be especially moved to compliance by the loss of their children, the fear of a recurrence of calamity, perhaps also by a sense of the fitness of the request in connection with a religious festival.

Jewels - Chiefly, trinkets. These ornaments were actually applied to the purpose for which they were probably demanded, being employed in making the vessels of the sanctuary .

Sojourneth in her house - This indicates a degree of friendly and neighborly contact, in accordance with several indirect notices, and was a natural result of long and peaceable sojourn in the district. The Egyptians did not all necessarily share the feelings of their new king.