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24 Then Gideon said to them, |Do me a favor. Each of you give me the earrings from your loot.| (Their enemies, the Ishmaelites, wore gold earrings.) 25 The men of Israel answered, |Yes, we'll give them to you.| So they spread out a coat. Each man took the earrings from his loot and dropped them on it. 26 The gold earrings Gideon had asked for weighed 40 pounds. This did not include the half-moon ornaments, the earrings, the purple clothes worn by the kings of Midian, and the chains from their camels' necks. 27 Then Gideon used the gold to make an idol and placed it in his hometown, Ophrah. All Israel chased after it there as though it were a prostitute. It became a trap for Gideon and his family. Judges 8:24-27, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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