Exodus 3:22

Shall borrow] RV 'shall ask.' The word is the common Hebrew verb meaning 'to ask,' as used e.g. in Judges 5:25; 1 Kings 3:11; 2 Kings 2:10; Psalms 122:6, where there is no idea of asking under a promise of giving back what is received. Spoil] The same word is rendered 'recover' in 1 Samuel 30:22, which suggests that if there was any 'borrowing' it was on the part of the Egyptians, who had been taking the labour of the Israelites without any recompense. For the fulfilment, see chapter Exodus 12:35; Exodus 12:36.