Judges 8:25 CPDV

²³  And he said to them: 'I will not rule over you. Neither shall my son rule over you. Instead, the Lord shall rule over you.'

²⁴  And he said to them: 'I petition one request from you. Give me the earrings from your spoils.' For the Ishmaelites were accustomed to wear gold earrings.

²⁵  They responded, 'We are very willing to give them.' And spreading a cloak on the ground, they cast upon it the earrings from the spoils.

²⁶  And the weight of the earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, aside from the ornaments, and necklaces, and purple garments, which the kings of Midian were accustomed to use, and aside from the gold chains on the camels.

²⁷  And Gideon made an ephod from these, and he kept it in his city, Ophrah. And all of Israel committed fornication with it, and it became a ruin to Gideon and to all his house.