²⁵ And 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. ²⁶ And the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the neck bands that were on their camels’ necks. ²⁷ Then Gideon made it into ^(A)an ephod and placed it in his city, Ophrah, and all Israel played the harlot with it there, so that it became a snare to Gideon and his household.