What did the children of Israel do according to the word of Moses in Exodus 12:35?
They obeyed Moses' instruction by asking the Egyptians for articles to help send them on their journey, not borrowing with intent to return. The King James term 'borrowed' is misleading; the passage means they merely asked, and they asked for jewels.
Les teaches that after the death angel passed through Egypt and the firstborn of beast and man lay dead, even in Pharaoh's house, with great weeping and wailing, the stage was set. In Exodus 12:35 the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses: they asked of the Egyptians. Les points out that the King James says 'borrowed,' but that is unfortunate and a mistranslation, because borrowing implies giving back. God never intended that. Rather, they were merely to ask the Egyptians if they had anything with which to send them on their journey. The text then says they asked of the Egyptians jewels.
And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: