Exodus 3:22 (WEB)
But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing. You shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians.”
Fathers and councils · 5
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…who cavil and find fault because the people did, by God’s command, upon the eve of their departure, take vessels of all kinds and raiment from the Egyptians, and so went away, from which [spoils], too, the tabernacle was constructed in the wilderness, prove themselves ignorant of the righteous dealings of God, and…” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 22, Ex. xi. 2. [Our English translation “borrow” is a gratuitous injury to the text. As “King of kings” the Lord enjoins a just tax, which any earthly…
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Augustine of Hippo
“And I had come unto Thee from among the Gentiles, and I strained after that gold which Thou willedst Thy people to take from Egypt, seeing that wheresoever it was it was Thine.” — editor's note: Similarly, as to all truth being God’s, Justin Martyr says: “Whatever things were rightly said among all men are the property of us Christians” (Apol. ii. 13).…
Read the whole comment“He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 21, 22
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Tertullian
“The Egyptians put in a claim on the Hebrews for these gold and silver vessels.” — editor's note: Vasa = the jewels and the raiment mentioned in Ex. iii. 22.
Read the whole comment“(This invective he utters) in perfect homage to the law of God, not as if he meant to censure the Creator Himself with having commanded a fraud to be practised against the Egyptians to get their gold and silver at the very time when He was forbidding men to steal,—adopting such methods as they…” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 22.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.20.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.20.