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 based upon what we find here. Evil men love to find fault with God. The Hebrews had been worked without wages, or at least any adequate wages, for a century or more. Now that they would be leaving forever, it was appropriate that they should have requested gifts of those whom they were leaving. Unfortunately, the word "borrow" crept into the translation in some versions, but that is simply an error. There was never any promise of repaying any of what was given. Both the Israelites and the Egyptians understood that perfectly. Keil has this:

"Under the circumstances, no Egyptian could have cherished the thought that the Israelites were only borrowing the jewels asked of them, and that they would return them after the festival. What they gave under the circumstances they could only have given without the slightest prospect of restoration."[31]

This loading of the Israelites with treasures on the occasion of their departure was prophesied by God Himself in a promise made to Abraham (Genesis 15:24) where it was related that they would go out of the land of their sojournings "with great substance." Here the same meaning is stated in, "Ye shall despoil the Egyptians." In the history of the world, there was never another coup exactly like this one! The very uniqueness of Exodus is an unqualified marvel.