Judges 8:26-28

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁶ The weight of the gold earrings he requested was about 43 pounds^[a] of gold, in addition to the crescent ornaments and ear pendants, the purple garments on the kings of Midian, and the chains on the necks of their camels. ²⁷ Gideon made an ephod^(A) from all this and put it in Ophrah, his hometown. Then all Israel prostituted themselves with it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

²⁸ So Midian was subdued before the Israelites, and they were no longer a threat.^[b] The land was peaceful 40 years during the days of Gideon.