“And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.”
And they said, We will willingly give them. And they spread out a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his spoil — The people eagerly comply, spreading a garment (שִׂמְלָה, simlah) to collect treasures. The visual abundance suggests the magnitude of booty. Yet wealth accumulation begins Gideon's entanglement with material power.
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