en_tn/jdg/08/27.md

# Gideon made an ephod out of the earrings

"Gideon used the gold from the earrings to make an ephod"

# Ophrah

Translate the name of this city as you did in [Judges 6:11](../06/11.md).

# all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there

This speaks of worshiping a false god as if it were prostitution. AT: "the Israelites sinned against Yahweh by worshiping the ephod there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# all Israel

Here "all" is an exaggeration to emphasize that very many worshiped the garment. AT: "very many people in Israel worshiped the garment" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

# It became a trap for Gideon and for those in his house

This speaks of Gideon and his family being tempted to worship the ephod as if the ephod were a hunter's snare that would trap them. AT: "It became a temptation for Gideon and his family" or "Gideon and his family sinned by worshiping it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# for those in his house

Here "his house" represents Gideon's family. AT: "for his family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel

This can be stated in active form. AT: "So Yahweh subdued the Midianites before the people of Israel" or "So Yahweh helped the Israelites defeat the Midianites" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# they did not raise their heads up again

This is an idiom. AT: "they did not attack Israel again" (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# So the land had peace

Here "land" represents the people of Israel. AT: "So the Israelites lived peacefully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# forty years

"40 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# in the days of Gideon

"during the life of Gideon"