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# Gideon made an ephod out of the earrings
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"Gideon used the gold from the earrings to make an ephod"
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# Ophrah
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Translate the name of this city as you did in [Judges 6:11](../06/11.md).
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# all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there
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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]])
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# all Israel
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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]])
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# It became a trap for Gideon and for those in his house
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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]])
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# for those in his house
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Here "his house" represents Gideon's family. AT: "for his family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel
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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]])
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# they did not raise their heads up again
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This is an idiom. AT: "they did not attack Israel again" (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# So the land had peace
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Here "land" represents the people of Israel. AT: "So the Israelites lived peacefully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# forty years
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"40 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# in the days of Gideon
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"during the life of Gideon"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gideon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/ephod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prostitute]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/worship]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/snare]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/house]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]] |