"Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.” v.2
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When the Israelites leave Egypt they don't leave as poor as they were in Egypt but rich with silver and gold given them by the Egyptians. This seems like a crazy thing to have happened assuming the Egyptians hated the Israelites, let alone give them riches. For one, God ordained it as He says in 3:20-21 this will happen where He also adds articles of clothes - which I think seem more useful for traveling through the desertion just having a ton of money. Also it could be that the Egyptians feared God, respected and honored Moses as we see in the next verse that the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. What a provider is our God! It might have been hard of the Egyptians to act contrary to their leader Pharaoh in finding favor and providing for the Israelites but they still acted. When have you done or desired to serve or love someone contrary to what others do?
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