Library Theodoret Questions on Exodus
Questions on Exodus 70: Whence the incorruptible wood
Whence did they have “the incorruptible woods”?
They were boards of ten cubits. It is likely, then, that the wealthier ones had these, having brought them from Egypt when they went out from there. The costly stones and the gold and the silver and the bronze they took from the Egyptians and departed, according to the divine command: “A woman asked of her neighbor and of her who lodged with her vessels of silver and gold and clothing, and they plundered the Egyptians.” Therefore also the God of all named the things offered firstfruits, as the choicest of spoils.
Greek: Theodoret of Cyrus, Quaestiones in Octateuchum / Questions on Exodus (CPG 6200.02; cf. Fernández Marcos and Sáenz-Badillos; also PG 80, cols. 225–298). English: study translation for BWAB Library—not the copyrighted Robert C. Hill (CUA Press) translation. The full Questions on Exodus (72 questions) is hosted here.