Judges 17:5
This man Micah had his own shrine, had crafted his own ephod and some household idols, and had installed one of his sons as a priest.
Genesis 31:19
Meanwhile, Laban had been out shearing his sheep. While he was away, Rachel stole her father's personal idols.
Judges 8:27
Gideon crafted the booty into an ephod and enshrined it in his home town of Ophrah. Then all of Israel committed spiritual adultery with it there, and it became a snare for Gideon and his household.
Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to scout out the territory of Laish told their relatives, "Are you aware that in these houses there's an ephod, some household idols, a carved image, and a cast image? You know what you need to do."
Genesis 31:30
Now, you can go if you must go, because you certainly are longing to go to your father's house. But why did you steal my gods?"
Judges 18:24
Micah replied, "You took my gods that I crafted, along with the priest, and left! What do I have left? So what's with this "What's wrong with you?'"
Exodus 28:15
"You are to make a breast piece to be worn by the high priest when he makes legal decisions. It is to be skillfully worked, made like the work of the ephod from gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and from fine woven linen.
Exodus 29:9
You are to gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and tie headdresses on them. The priesthood is to belong to them by perpetual ordinance, and you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
Hosea 3:4
Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.
Exodus 24:5
He sent young Israeli men to offer up burnt offerings and sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
Exodus 28:4
These are the garments that they are to make: a breast piece, an ephod, a robe, a checkered tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for Aaron your brother and for his sons to serve me as priests.
1 Samuel 23:6
Now when Ahimelech's son Abiathar had fled to David in Keilah, the ephod had come down with him.
1 Kings 12:31
Jeroboam built temples on the high places, and appointed his own priests from the fringe elements of the people who were not descendants of Levi.
1 Kings 13:33-34
Despite everything that happened, Jeroboam never did repent of his evil practices. Instead, he appointed even more people to act as priests for the high places. Anyone who wanted to be a priest was ordained to be a priest in the high places.
Ezra 1:7
King Cyrus also brought out from storage the service instruments from the Temple of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his gods.
Hosea 8:14
"Israel has neglected its maker in building palaces. Judah has multiplied its fortified cities, but I will send fire to their cities, and it will consume their fortresses."
Hebrews 5:4
No one takes this honor upon himself but he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was.