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22 Then the people of Israel spoke to Gideon.

People: Rule over us—you, your son, and then your grandson, for you have rescued us from the oppression of Midian.

Gideon (refusing): 23 I will not rule over you, and neither will my son. The Eternal will reign over you.

24 But I have a request to make. Each of you, give me one of the earrings you have taken as plunder.

(The enemy they defeated had gold earrings, as was the fashion of the Ishmaelites.)

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