They spread ... - The Septuagint reads, “He spread his garment.”

We will willingly give. —Literally, giving, we will give.

They spread. —Perhaps the true reading s…

He did not set up an idol, but he made an ephod, an imitation of that wonderful vestment worn by the high priest. Perhaps he made it of solid gold,…

And they answered, we will willingly give them
Or, "in giving we will give" ^F4 ; give them with all their …

Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God.

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