rsv Judges:8:22-27 SEEK
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Then the men of Israel said to Gideon , "
Rule over us ,
you and your son and your grandson also ;
for you have delivered us out of the hand of Mid '
ian ."
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Gideon said to them , "
I will not rule over you ,
and my son will not rule over you ;
the LORD will rule over you ."
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And Gideon said to them , "
Let me make a request of you ;
give me every man of you the earrings of his spoil ." (
For they had golden earrings ,
because they were Ish '
maelites .)
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And they answered , "
We will willingly give them ."
And they spread a garment ,
and every man cast in it the earrings of his spoil .
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And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold ;
besides the crescents and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Mid '
ian ,
and besides the collars that were about the necks of their camels .
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And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city ,
in Ophrah ;
and all Israel played the harlot after it there ,
and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family .