^6 (A)In those days there was no king in Israel; ^(B)everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

² “Please speak in the hearing of all the men of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, that all ^(A)seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one reign over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and ^(B)bone.”

Gideon’s Ephod

²² Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, ^(A)“Rule over us, both you and your son, and your grandson also; for you have ^(B)delivered us from the hand of Midian.”

¹³ Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of ^(A)a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should ^(B)keep acting like a prince over us? ¹⁴ Moreover ^(C)you have not brought us into ^(D)a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!”

¹⁵ Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, ^(E)“Do not ^[a]respect their offering. ^(F)I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.”

¹⁹ Listen now to my voice; I will give you ^[a]counsel, and God will be with you: Stand ^(A)before God for the people, so that you may ^(B)bring the difficulties to God.

¹⁶ When they have ^(A)a ^[a]difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”