Exodus 12:37

"The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. They plundered the Egyptians."

Key Reflection

This verse illustrates God's provision and the Israelites' miraculous departure, which left a positive impression on the Egyptians, leading to their generous response with material goods. The act of plundering the Egyptians symbolizes both divine intervention ensuring the Israelites’ prosperity and the Egyptians’ recognition of the Israelites as people set apart by God.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Rameses -SeeExodus 1:11note. Rameses was evidently the place of general rendezvous, well adapted for that purpose as the principal city of Goshen. The Israelites were probably settled in considerable numbers in and about it. Pharaoh with his army and court were at that time near the frontier, and Rameses, where a large garrison was kept, was probably the place where the last interview with Moses occurred. The first part of the journey appears to have followed the course of the ancient canal. The site of Succoth cannot be exactly determined, but it lay about halfway between Rameses and EthamExodus 13:20. The name Succoth (i. e.

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