MANNAFEST

And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

KJV

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ASV

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.

WEB

“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

YLT

And they say, `We certainly give;' and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey;

DBT

And they said, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty.

About this book

Old Testament

JudgesThe post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Author
Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date
Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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