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Or HaChaim on Exodus 3:22/אור החיים על שמות ג׳:כ״ב
אוְנִצַּלְתֶּם וְגוֹ׳. כָּאן רָמַז הֶתֵּר הַצָּלַת אָדָם מָמוֹנוֹ מֵאַנָּס. אוֹ יִרְמוֹז שֶׁבָּזֶה יְסוֹבְבוּ לְמִצְרַיִם לָרֶדֶת בִּמְצוּלוֹת יָם, כִּי בְּאֶמְצָעוּת שְׁתֵּי הַמְצָאוֹת שֶׁיְּדַבְּרוּ לָלֶכֶת דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים, גַּם כְּשֶׁיִּשְׁאֲלוּ מֵהֶם כְּלֵיהֶם, זֶה יְסוֹבֵב אוֹתָם לִרְדּוֹף אַחֲרֵיהֶם וְיֵרְדוּ בַּמְּצוּלוֹת:
1 ונצלתם את מצרים, "you will empty Egypt." Here the Torah alludes to the fact that a person may rescue his possessions from someone who robbed him by force. Alternatively, our verse may be a preview of what caused the Egyptians to drown in the sea, i.e. the combination of the Israelites' demand to borrow their silver trinkets and their declared intention to travel a distance of three days into the desert. The two demands eventually prompted the Egyptians to pursue the Jews believing their leader Moses had overstepped his authority. As a result G'd drowned them in the sea.