23 But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; (A)the Lord shall rule over you.” 24 Yet Gideon said to them, “I would [a]request of you, that each of you give me [b]an earring from his spoil.” (For they had gold earrings, because they were (B)Ishmaelites.) 25 They said, “We will surely give them.” So they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:24 Lit request a request
  2. Judges 8:24 Or a nose ring