Exodus 39 · a question people ask
Where did a people just out of slavery get gold, jewels and fine linen?
Exodus answers this itself. Before they left, the LORD said, "every woman shall ask of her neighbor… jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing" (3:22). When they went, "they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing" (12:35), and "The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked" (12:36). For the tabernacle, men and women brought "all jewels of gold" (35:22), "The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate" (35:27), and the women who were wise-hearted spun and brought "the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen" (35:25).
The verses
“I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed. 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.””
“The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing. 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.”
“They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to the LORD.”
“All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.”