Charles Ellicott Commentary Exodus 11:2

"Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold." — Exodus 11:2 (ASV)

Let every man borrow. —See the comment on Exodus 3:22. The directions to “ask” the Egyptians for presents are extended here from the women alone to both women and men. Egyptian obduracy and Israelite loss through some of the plagues may have caused the enlargement of the original instruction.