Judges 8:25

8:25 They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” ¹  So they ²  spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

Judges 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ³  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ⁴  (The Midianites ⁵  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

¹ tn Heb “We will indeed give.”

² tc In the LXX the subject of this verb is singular, referring to Gideon rather than to the Israelites.

³ tn Heb “said to them.”

⁴ tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.