- Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Come, do it yourself. 'As is the man, so is his strength.' " So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments off their camels' necks.
- The Israelites said to Gideon, "Rule over us--you, your son and your grandson--because you have saved us out of the hand of Midian."
- But Gideon told them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will rule over you."
- And he said, "I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder." (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)
- They answered, "We'll be glad to give them." So they spread out a garment, and each man threw a ring from his plunder onto it.
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- Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise up yourself, and fall on us; for as the man, so is his strength." So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments which were on their camels' necks.
- Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you and your son, also your son's son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian."
- But Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you."
- Yet Gideon said to them, "I would request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his spoil." (For they had gold earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
- They said, "We will surely give them." So they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil.
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