Tag: Gideon

“Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.” – Judges 8:27 Gideon is often remembered as the reluctant hero of Israel—called from obscurity to deliver his people from the oppressive Midianites.…