Judges 8:27

Gideon’s Ephod · Judges 8:22–27
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Translations

Modern
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
Traditional
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
Literal
And Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel played the prostitute with it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
Latin
Fecitque ex eo Gedeon ephod, et posuit illud in civitate sua Ephra. Fornicatusque est omnis Israël in eo, et factum est Gedeoni et omni domui ejus in ruinam.

Original

Hebrew
English
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

Notes

An ephod was usually part of the priest's clothing (Exodus 28:6–30). Samuel and David also wore one (1 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 6:14; 1 Chronicles 15:27). However, in Judges 17:5 and 18:14–18, the ephod seems to have been a gold image, which became an idol.

Gideon's time as a judge ends the first era of judges.

Theme notes and profiles

Gideon Social Chaos in Judges

Events

People

Gideon: Judge of Israel; defeated Midianites; tested and reassured by God Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Ophrah: Gideon's hometown in Manasseh; a town in Issachar

Glossary

Ephod (Garment) Gideon Joash Judges, Book of Midian, Midianite Ophrah (Place)

Topics

Ephod: A Sacred Vestment Worn by the High Priest: Made by Gideon, Became an Idolatrous Snare to Israel Gideon: Makes an Ephod Which Becomes a Snare to the Israelites Israel: Under the Judges: Seven Years of Bondage to the Midianites; Delivered by Gideon Offense: Gideon Ophrah: A City in Territory of the Tribe of Manasseh; the Home of Gideon Temptation: Gideon Leads the People of Israel Into Sin The Ephod for the High Priest used by Idolatrous Priests