8:24a Then he added, “Let me make a request of you,

Then he added, “⌊However,⌋ I have a request to make from you.
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Then Gideon said to them, “There is one thing I want to ask you for.

8:24b that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.”

I want each of you to give me an earring from the things you have taken.”
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Each of you give me one earring out of the things you captured in the war.”

8:24c (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

(The enemies all wore gold earrings, because they were Ishmael people.)
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(The people of Midian liked to wear gold rings, for they were people of the desert.)

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