26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels[a] of gold, besides (A)the crescent ornaments and (B)the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:26 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

26 The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels,[a] not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains(A) that were on their camels’ necks.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:26 That is, about 43 pounds or about 20 kilograms

18 In that day the Lord will take away (A)the finery of the anklets, the (B)headbands, and the (C)crescents;

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18 In that day(A) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,(B)

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