Exodus 3:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:22

Borrow . The Hebrew word means simply "ask" ( αἰτήσει , LXX .; postulabit , Vulg.). Of her neighbours. The intermixture to some extent of the Egyptians with the Hebrews in Goshen is here again implied, as in Exodus 1:1-22 and Exodus 2:1-25 . And of her that sojourneth in her house. Some of the Israelites, it would seem, took in Egyptian lodgers superior to them in wealth and rank. This implies more friendly feeling between the two nations than we should have expected; but it... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 3:22

Shall borrow - shall ask. The Egyptians had made the people serve “with rigor,” and the Israelites when about to leave the country for ever 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 not their feelings toward Moses (see Exodus 11:3) and the people been changed, under God’s influence, by calamities in which they recognized a divine interposition, which also they... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 3:22

Exodus 3:22. Every woman shall ask, שׁאלה , shaalah, (not borrow,) jewels. And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians God sometimes makes the enemies of his people not only to be at peace with them, but to be kind to them. And he has many ways of balancing accounts between the injured and the injurious, of righting the oppressed, and compelling those that have done wrong to make restitution. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:13-22

The God of Israel (3:13-22)If Moses was to present himself to the people of Israel as the one who would lead them out of Egypt, he would need to convince them that he knew God’s purposes for them. But he doubted whether they would understand, since they did not know the character of him whom they vaguely called the God of their ancestors. In asking God for help in explaining his purposes to them, Moses was wanting to know not simply the name of God, but the character of the God who owned that... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 3:22

borrow . This is a most unfortunate rendering. Hebrew. sha'al, to ask. Out of 168 occurrences, only six times "borrow", but 162 ask, beg, require, &c. Compare Exodus 11:2 ; Exodus 12:35 , Exodus 12:35-36 . Psalms 2:8 . 1 Samuel 1:20 ; 1 Samuel 8:10 . Genesis 24:47 , Genesis 24:57 ; Genesis 32:17 ; Gen 43:7 . 1 Kings 3:11 . jewels : or articles. Compare Genesis 15:14 and Exodus 3:21 above. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 3:21-22

"And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: 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."Here again we encounter the indignation of the supermoralists who blame the God of heaven and earth with deceit and inmorality... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 3:22

Exodus 3:22. Every woman shall borrow— It should be translated, shall ASK of her neighbour, and of her that sojourns in her house, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, &c. But, for a further justification of this matter, we refer to the event itself, ch. Exodus 12:35. It appears by the expression in the text, of her neighbour, and her that sojourneth in her house,—that the Hebrews and Egyptians lived intermixed; and so the former might the more easily carry some of the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 3:13-22

Moses’ fear that the Israelite elders would not accept him is understandable (Exodus 3:13). God had not revealed Himself to His people for over 400 years. When Moses asked how he should answer the Israelites’ question, "What is His name?" he was asking how he could demonstrate to them that their God had sent him."According to the conception prevailing in the ancient East, the designation of an entity was to be equated, as it were, with its existence: whatever is without an appellation does not... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1-22

The Call of Moses and his Commission to be the Deliverer of Israel1. Horeb] The names Horeb and Sinai seem to be synonymous, though it has been suggested that Horeb is the name given to the entire mountain range, while Sinai denotes the particular mountain where the Law was given. Assuming that the Pentateuch is composed of different documents, it is better to believe that Horeb is the name used by one set of writers and Sinai by another. Horeb is here called the mountain of God by... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 3:22

(22) Every woman shall borrow.—Rather, shall ask (αἰτήσει, LXX.; postulabit, Vulg.). That there was really no pretence of “borrowing,” appears from Exodus 12:33-36, where we find that the “jewels” were not asked for until the very moment of departure, when the Israelites were being “thrust forth,” and the people were urgent on them to be gone, certainly neither expecting nor wishing to see them again. Asking for presents is a common practice in the East, and persons who were quitting their... read more

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