Judges 8:23-25

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²³ Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”^{(A) 24} Then Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you; each of you give me an earring he has taken as spoil.” (For the enemy^[a] had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites.) ²⁵ “We will willingly give them,” they answered. So they spread a garment, and each threw into it an earring he had taken as spoil.