Judges 8:27-29

Living Bible

²⁷ Gideon made an ephod^[a] from the gold and put it in Ophrah, his hometown. But all Israel soon began worshiping it, so it became an evil deed that Gideon and his family did.

²⁸ That is the true account of how Midian was subdued by Israel. Midian never recovered, and the land was at peace for forty years—all during Gideon’s lifetime. ²⁹ He returned home