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Asking, Not Borrowing
A common misunderstanding is that God told the Israelites to deceptively 'borrow' from the Egyptians. However, commentators overwhelmingly agree that the Hebrew word means 'to ask' or 'request.' Given that the Israelites were leaving permanently, this was a request for gifts, not a loan they intended to default on. This clarifies that God was not commanding dishonesty.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 3:22
18th Century
Theologian
Shall borrow - shall ask. The Egyptians had made the people serve with rigor, and the Israelites, when about to leave the …
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 3:22
19th Century
Bishop
Every woman shall borrow. —Rather, shall ask (αἰτήσει, Septuagint; postulabit, Vulgate). That there was…
John Calvin
On Exodus 3:22
16th Century
Theologian
But every woman shall borrow.47 Those who consider these means of enriching the people to be little in accordance with the just…
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John Gill
On Exodus 3:22
17th Century
Pastor
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that
sojourns in her house
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 3:16–22
17th Century
Minister
Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart and opens the ear, could say beforehand, The…