The ephod was that particular part of the high priest’s dress which was necessary to be worn when he inquired of God by Urim and Thummim.

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Made an ephod. —The high priest’s ephod is described in Exodus 28:6-14. It was a sleevele coat of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and…

He did not set up an idol, but he made an ephod, an imitation of that wonderful vestment worn by the high priest. Perhaps he made it of solid gold,…

And Gideon made an ephod thereof
That is, of some of this gold; for such a quantity could never have been expanded o…

Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God.

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