Text: Ezra 1:6
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 12:35
Subject: contributions from neighbors
Source: Keil and Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (1866)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology
Anchor Text: Exod 12 — The Passover
Significance: Ezra 1:6 describes how "all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock," directly echoing Exodus 12:35 where the Israelites asked the Egyptians for "articles of silver and gold" (כְּלֵי־כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב, keley-kesef ukhley zahav). The verbal parallel is unmistakable: both texts use the same language of silver, gold, and goods given by surrounding peoples at the moment of departure. Ezra intentionally frames the return from Babylonian exile as a new exodus, with the neighbors' contributions paralleling Egypt's "plundering," signaling that God orchestrates the same pattern of provision whenever He delivers His people from captivity.