Exodus / Question
The LORD told Moses to have the people ask their neighbors for silver and gold jewelry. The text says the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it also notes Moses was very great in the land of Egypt. These instructions are presented as preparation immediately before the final plague (Exodus 11:2-3).
In Exodus 11:2–3, Yahweh tells Moses to speak to Israel so that every Israelite—men and women—asks nearby Egyptians for valuable silver and gold items. The passage presents this request as something to be done openly and broadly across the community. These verses sit in the buildup to the final plague and the departure from Egypt. Immediately around them, Yahweh announces a decisive turning point: Pharaoh will finally let Israel go, and Egypt will urgently push them out (Exodus 11:1).
Exodus 11:2–3 presents a concrete instruction right before the final plague and the exit from Egypt. Yahweh tells Moses to communicate it clearly to Israel (“in the ears of the people”): Israelite men and women are to ask nearby Egyptians for valuable silver and gold items.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Exodus 11:2-3, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold."
3Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh`s servants, and in the sight of the people.