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JDG 8:22–8:27 ©

Gideon’s Ephod

Gideon’s Ephod


22Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”


23But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”


24Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)


25“We will give them gladly,” they replied.

So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it. 26The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels,[fn] in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.


27From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.


8:26 1,700 shekels is approximately 42.7 pounds or 19.4 kilograms.

JDG 8:22–8:27 ©

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