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Reuben Archer Torrey
• 1 min. read • grade level: 10
The emblem of the priestly office.
Hos. 3:4
4
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: (Hosea 3:4)
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WORN BY
The high priest.
1 Sam. 2:28
28
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? (1 Samuel 2:28)
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1 Sam. 14:3
3
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. (1 Samuel 14:3)
Ordinary priests.
1 Sam. 22:18
18
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. (1 Samuel 22:18)
. Persons engaged in the service of God.
1 Sam. 2:18
18
But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. (1 Samuel 2:18)
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2 Sam. 6:14
14
And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. (2 Samuel 6:14)
. Generally of linen.
1 Sam. 2:18
18
But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. (1 Samuel 2:18)
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2 Sam. 6:14
14
And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. (2 Samuel 6:14)
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FOR THE HIGH PRIEST
Commanded to be made.
Ex. 28:4
4
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. (Exodus 28:4)
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Made of offerings of the people.
Ex. 25:4, 7
4
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, (Exodus 25:4)
7
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. (Exodus 25:7)
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Made of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, &c.
Ex. 28:6
6
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. (Exodus 28:6)
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Ex. 29:2, 3
2
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
3
And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. (Exodus 29:2‑3)
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Shoulders of, joined by onyx stones engraved with names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Ex. 28:7, 9-12
7
It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. (Exodus 28:7)
9
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
10
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
11
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
12
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. (Exodus 28:9‑12)
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Ex. 39:4, 6, 7
4
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. (Exodus 39:4)
6
And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
7
And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses. (Exodus 39:6‑7)
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Had a girdle of curious work.
Ex. 28:8
8
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. (Exodus 28:8)
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Breastplate of judgment inseparably united to.
Ex. 28:25-28
25
And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
26
And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
27
And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
28
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. (Exodus 28:25‑28)
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Ex. 39:20, 21
20
And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
21
And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses. (Exodus 39:20‑21)
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Worn over the robe.
Ex. 28:31
31
And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. (Exodus 28:31)
Lev. 8:7
7
And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. (Leviticus 8:7)
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Fastened on with its own girdle.
Lev. 8:7
7
And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. (Leviticus 8:7)
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Worn or held by him when consulted.
1 Sam. 23:6, 9-12
6
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. (1 Samuel 23:6)
9
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
10
Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.
12
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up. (1 Samuel 23:9‑12)
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1 Sam. 30:7, 8
7
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
8
And David inquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. (1 Samuel 30:7‑8)
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Used by idolatrous priests.
Judg. 8:27
27
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. (Judges 8:27)
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Judg. 17:5
5
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. (Judges 17:5)
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Judg. 18:14
14
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. (Judges 18:14)
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Israel deprived of, for sin.
Hos. 3:4
4
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: (Hosea 3:4)
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