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23 But Gideon said to them, ‘I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.’ 24 Then he said to them, ‘Let me make a request of you: Everyone give me an earring from his plunder.’ Now the enemy had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.

25 They said, ‘We agree to give them.’ So they spread out a cloak, and everyone threw an earring from his plunder on it.

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