John Gill Commentary Judges 8:25

"And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil." — Judges 8:25 (ASV)

And they answered, we will willingly give them
Or, "in giving we will give" ^F4 ; give them with all their hearts, most freely and cheerfully:

and they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings
of his prey ;
every man one, which would amount to no more than three hundred.

Though perhaps those who joined in the pursuit might take many more, or otherwise the weight of them would not amount to what in the next verse they are said to weigh.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F4: (Ntn Nwtn) "dando dabimus", Pagninus, Montanus.