Judges 8:23-25

EasyEnglish Bible

²³ But Gideon said to them, ‘I will not agree to rule over you. Nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.’

²⁴ Gideon also said, ‘I will ask you only to do one thing for me. Each of you should give me one ear-ring from the things that you took from our enemies.’ (The Midianites wore gold ear-rings because they were descendants of Ishmael.)

²⁵ The people replied, ‘We are happy to give them to you.’

So they put a coat on the ground. Each man threw a ring onto it.