Judges 8:27

25 “We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

26 The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

28 In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,

29 and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
KJV
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
WEB
Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
ASV
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlot after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
DARBY
And Gideon made an ephod of them, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went thither a whoring after it; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
BLB
And Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel played the prostitute with it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
ÅB
Og Gideon gjorde en livkjortel av gullet og stilte den opp i sin by i Ofra; og hele Israel drev der avgudsdyrkelse med den; og den ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.
OTB
Gideon formet gullet til en efod, som han plasserte i Ofra, sin by. Hele Israel ble forført til å tilbe den der, og det ble en felle for Gideon og hans familie.
B1930
Og Gideon gjorde en livkjortel av gullet og stilte den op i sin by i Ofra; og hele Israel drev der avgudsdyrkelse med den; og den blev en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 106:39

    They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:16

    You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

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  • Judges 18:14

    Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”

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  • Judges 17:5

    Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

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  • Judges 18:17

    And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

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  • Exodus 23:33

    They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

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  • Judges 6:24

    So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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  • Hosea 2:2

    Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

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