2021年2月10日 · The ancient Egyptians held gold in high regard due to their deep religious beliefs. They believed that gold was the flesh of the sun god Ra, connecting its divine power and radiant nature to their lives. The association of gold with the sun also symbolized eternal life, wealth, and prosperity. After the ephod was made,”and placed in the city”.

2023年10月10日 · It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be fastened. Its skillfully woven waistband is to be like it—of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen.

2020年10月14日 · Judges 8:27 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. What is the meaning of a snare to Gideon and his family?

A study of the life of Gideon from the standpoint of lessons of faith for disciples. Examines the story's context in the period of the Judges, the conquest of Canaan, Gideon's victory over the Midianites and Amalakites, and his final setting up of a gold ephod which became a snare to the Israelites and his own family.

According to this description, the Ephod was woven out of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet threads, was made of fine linen and was embroidered with skillful work in gold thread (Exodus 28:6–14). Gideon is additionally described as creating an ephod made …

Ophrah—That no idolatrous use was in view, nor any divisive course from Shiloh contemplated, is manifest from Jud 8:33. Gideon proposed, with the gold he received, to make an ephod for his use only as a civil magistrate or ruler, as David did (1Ch 15:27), and a magnificent pectoral or breastplate also.

2023年11月8日 · An ephod (Hebrew: אֵפוֹד ʾēfōḏ; /ˈɛfɒd/ or /ˈiːfɒd/) was a type of apron, which according to the Hebrew Bible, was worn by the Jewish high priest the kohen gadol, an artifact and an object to be revered in ancient Israelite culture, and was closely connected with oracular practices and priestly ritual.

NIV 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.

Attached to the ephod by chains of pure gold was the breastplate, which contained four rows of three precious stones each, standing for the tribes of Israel. Under the ephod, yet part of it, was a blue robe extending to the feet of the High Priest.

2016年4月9日 · At one time Gideon’s family kept a Temple to Baal. Now they kept a Temple to Gideon’s Ephod. And people flocked to Ophrah not to worship the Lord Who delivered Israel, but to worship the golden ephod that Gideon made. If we are to be blessed of God and be the Light that he wants us to be we MUST reject all ephods, golden or otherwise.