Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
A whoring
A snare
General references
Bible References
An ephod
Judges 17:5
And the man Micah to him a house of gods; and he will make an ephod and a teraphim, and he will fill the hand of one of his sons, and he will be to him for priest
Judges 18:14
And the five men going to search the land of Laish will answer and say to their brethren, Knew ye that there is in these houses an ephod, and a teraphim, and a carved thing, and a molten? and now know ye what ye will do.
Exodus 28:6
And they shall make the ephod of gold, cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus, the work of the artificer.
1 Samuel 23:9
And David knew that Saul was working evil against him; and he will say to Abiathar the priest, Bring near the ephod.
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony if they will not speak according to this word, because no morning is in them.
Ophrah
Judges 8:32
And Gideon will die in a good old age, and he will be buried in the grave of Joash his father, in Ophrah, of the father of Ezri.
Judges 6:11
And a messenger of Jehovah will come and sit under an oak which is in Ophrah, which is to Joash, father of Ezri: and Gideon his son threshed wheat in the wine press to place in safety from the face of Midian.
Deuteronomy 12:5
But the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, to his dwelling shall ye seek, and there do thou come:
A whoring
Exodus 23:33
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they shall cause thee to sin against me: if thou shalt serve their gods, surely shall it be to thee for a snare.
Psalm 73:27
For behold, they being far off from thee shall perish: thou didst lay waste all committing fornication from thee.
Psalm 106:39
And they will be defiled with their works: and they will commit fornication in their doings.
Hosea 2:2
Contend with your mother, contend ye, for she is not my wife, and I not her husband: for she shall put away her fornications from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Hosea 4:12
My people will ask in their counsel, and with their rod they will announce to them: for the spirit of fornications caused to err, and they will commit fornication from under their God.
A snare
Judges 8:33
And it will be when Gideon died the sons of Israel will turn back, and will commit fornication after the Baalims, and they will set to them Baal of the covenant for their god.
Deuteronomy 7:16
And thou didst consume all the peoples which Jehovah thy God gave to thee; thine eye shall not have pity upon them, and thou shalt not serve their gods, for it is a snare to thee.
General references
Exodus 32:2
And Aaron will say to them, Break off the gold ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons and your daughters, and bring to me.