² Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, ^(A)articles of silver and articles of gold.”

²² They came, both men and women, as many as had a willing heart, and brought ^(A)earrings and nose rings, rings and necklaces, all ^(B)jewelry of gold, that is, every man who made an offering of gold to the Lord.

²⁴ Then Gideon said to them, “I would like to ^[a]make a request of you, that each of you would give me the earrings from his plunder.” For they had golden earrings, ^(A)because they were Ishmaelites.

²⁵ So they answered, “We will gladly give them.” And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the earrings from his plunder. ²⁶ Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels’ necks. ²⁷ Then Gideon ^(B)made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, ^(C)Ophrah. And all Israel ^(D)played the harlot with it there. It became ^(E)a snare to Gideon and to his house.