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24 Gideon continued,[a] “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.”[b] (The Midianites[c] had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:24 tn Heb “said to them.”
  2. Judges 8:24 tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”
  3. Judges 8:24 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

24 And he said, “I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring(A) from your share of the plunder.(B)” (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites(C) to wear gold earrings.)

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