So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had. And they gave Jacob all the rings they were wearing in their ears. Jacob buried all these things under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.
Judges 8:25 - Easy To Read Version The men of Ephraim caught two of the Midianite leaders. These two leaders were named Oreb and Zeeb. The men of Ephraim killed Oreb at a place named the Rock of Oreb. They killed Zeeb at a place named the Winepress of Zeeb. The men of Ephraim continued chasing the people of Midian. But they first cut off the heads of Oreb and Zeeb and took the heads to Gideon. Gideon was at the place where people cross the Jordan River. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and every man cast on it the earrings of his spoil. American Standard Version (1901) And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil. Common English Bible “We’ll gladly give them,” they replied. And they spread out a piece of cloth, and everyone pitched in the earrings from their loot. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They answered: We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils. |
So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had. And they gave Jacob all the rings they were wearing in their ears. Jacob buried all these things under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.
Some of the people that the men of Israel defeated were Ishmaelites. And the Ishmaelite men wore gold earrings. So Gideon said to the people of Israel, “I want you to do this one thing for me. I want each of you to give me a gold earring from the things you took in the fighting.”
When those earrings were gathered up, they weighed about 43 pounds. [71] This did not include the other gifts the people of Israel gave to Gideon. They also gave him jewelry shaped like the moon and jewelry shaped like teardrops. And they gave him purple robes. These were things that the kings of the people of Midian had worn. They also gave him the chains from the camels of the Midianite kings.