Exo 12:35 | NET2full | STEP | Now the Israelites had done as Moses told them—they had requested from the Egyptians silver and gold items and clothing .

‏ Exodus 12:35

35 Now the Israelites had done ^{▼▼tn The verbs “had done” and then “had asked” were accomplished prior to the present narrative (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 99). The verse begins with disjunctive word order to introduce the reminder of earlier background information.} as Moses told them—they had requested from the Egyptians ^{▼▼tn Heb “from Egypt.” Here the Hebrew text uses the name of the country to represent the inhabitants (a figure known as metonymy).} silver and gold items and clothing.