# Gideon said to them

"Gideon said to the men of Israel"

# earrings

jewelry worn on the ear

# plunder

things stolen by force or taken off of people killed in war

# The Midianites had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites

Here the narrator tells background information about the Midianites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])