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
Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
Judges 18:14
The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, "Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do."
Exodus 28:6
"They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an artistic designer.
1 Samuel 23:9
When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, he told Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod!"
Isaiah 8:20
Then you must recall the Lord's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
Ophrah
Judges 8:32
Gideon son of Joash died at a very old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges 6:11
The Lord's angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.
Deuteronomy 12:5
But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
A whoring
Exodus 23:33
They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."
Psalm 73:27
Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.
Psalm 106:39
They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.
Hosea 2:2
Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.
Hosea 4:12
They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner's staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.
A snare
Judges 8:33
After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.
Deuteronomy 7:16
You must destroy all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
General references
Exodus 32:2
So Aaron said to them, "Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."