Exodus 11:2
2Instruct ▼▼ Heb “Speak now in the ears of the people.” The expression is emphatic; it seeks to ensure that the Israelites hear the instruction.
the people that each man and each woman is to request ▼▼ The verb translated “request” is וְיִשְׁאֲלוּ (veyish’alu), the Qal jussive: “let them ask.” This is the point introduced in Exod 3:22. The meaning of the verb might be stronger than simply “ask”; it might have something of the idea of “implore” (see also its use in the naming of Samuel, who was “asked” from Yahweh [1 Sam 1:20]).
from his or her neighbor ▼▼ “each man is to request from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor.”
▼ items of silver and gold.” ▼▼ See D. Skinner, “Some Major Themes of Exodus,” Mid-America Theological Journal 1 (1977): 31-42.
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