And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
All the people brake off the golden earrings. The Egyptian rings, as seen on the monuments, were round massy plates of metal; and as it was rings of this sort the Israelites wore, being among the gifts heaped upon them at departure (Exodus 12:35: cf. Exodus 3:22; Exodus 11:2), their size and number must, in the general collection, have produced a large store of the precious material.