Judges 8:27-29
Wycliffe Bible
27 And Gideon made thereof (an) ephod, that is, a priest’s cloak, and he put it in his city (of) Ophrah; and all Israel did fornication, that is idolatry, therein (therewith); and it was made to Gideon, and to all his house, into falling.
28 But Midian was made low before the sons of Israel, and they might no more raise up their nolls; and the land rested forty years, in which Gideon was sovereign.
29 And so Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went, and dwelled in his house;
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Judges 8:27-29
New International Version
27 Gideon made the gold into an ephod,(A) which he placed in Ophrah,(B) his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare(C) to Gideon and his family.(D)
Gideon’s Death
28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head(E) again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace(F) forty years.
2001 by Terence P. Noble
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