Judges 8:26-28
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26 When the earrings were gathered up, they weighed about 43 pounds.[a] This did not include the other gifts the Israelites gave to Gideon. They also gave him jewelry shaped like the moon and jewelry shaped like teardrops. And they gave him purple robes. The kings of the Midianites had worn these things. They also gave him the chains from the camels of the Midianite kings.
27 Gideon used the gold to make an ephod,[b] which he put in his hometown, the town called Ophrah. All the Israelites worshiped the ephod. In this way the Israelites were not faithful to God—they worshiped the ephod.[c] The ephod became a trap that caused Gideon and his family to sin.
The Death of Gideon
28 The Midianites were forced to be under the rule of the Israelites. The Midianites did not cause trouble anymore. And the land was at peace for 40 years, as long as Gideon was alive.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Judges 8:26 43 pounds Literally, “1700 shekels” (19.55 kg).
- Judges 8:27 ephod This may have been a special vest or coat like that worn by the high priest (see Ex. 28:2-14), or it may have been a kind of idol.
- Judges 8:27 were not faithful … ephod Literally, “acted like a prostitute to it.”
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