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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian lawyer is planning to sue the world's Jews for 'plundering' gold during the Exodus from Pharaonic Egypt thousands of years ago, based on information in the Bible. Nabil Hilmi, dean of the law faculty at Egypt's al-Zaqaziq University, said the legal basis for the case was under study by a group of lawyers in Egypt and Europe. 'This is serious, and should not be misread as being political against any race. We are just investigating if a debt is owed,' Hilmi told Reuters. The relevant passage from the Bible, Exodus 12:35-36 reads: 'The Israelites had done as Moses told them; they had asked the Egyptians for jewelry of silver and gold, and for clothing.... And so they plundered the Egyptians.' Some Jewish commentators say that while the Biblical passage may be fact, the Hebrews were enslaved by the Egyptians and therefore had a right to claim compensation for wages...
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