After winning a great victory, we must always beware of the temptation to sin, for Satan attacks us subtly when we least expect it. The nation asked Gideon to become their king and to establish a dynasty; but this he refused. “The Lord shall rule over you!” However, Gideon used this opportunity to ask for “a lesser thing”—all their earrings and ornaments. This seemed like a fitting gift for a great deliverer, but keep in mind that these golden trinkets were associated with idol worship. Ornaments in v. 21 is actually “crescents”; these items were connected with moon-worship. Read Gen. 35:1–4 for the association between earrings and idolatry.
Gideon made an idolatrous “ephod” (or image) with the seventy pounds of gold he collected. What the Midianites could not do by means of swords, Satan accomplished with earrings. (Wiersbe)
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