Thematic Bible: Ephod
Thematic Bible
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » It was called coat
And thou shalt make for Aaron's sons also coats, girdles and bonnets; honorable and glorious,
And he brought Aaron's sons and put albs upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon their heads: as the LORD commanded Moses.
And bring his sons and put albes upon them,
And they made coats of bysse of woven work for Aaron and his sons,
And anoint him and sanctify him that he may minister unto me,
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Described
And they shall make the ephod of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and white twined bysse with broidered work. The two sides shall come together, closed up in the edges thereof. And the girdle of the ephod shall be of the same workmanship and of the same stuff: even of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse. read more.
And thou shalt take two onyx stones and grave in them the names of the children of Israel: six in the one stone, and the other six in the other stone: according to the order of their birth. After the work of a stone graver, even as signets are graven, shalt thou grave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel, and shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the two shoulders of the ephod, and they shall be stones of remembrance unto the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a remembrance. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold: link work and wreathed, and fasten the wreathed chains to the hooks.
And thou shalt take two onyx stones and grave in them the names of the children of Israel: six in the one stone, and the other six in the other stone: according to the order of their birth. After the work of a stone graver, even as signets are graven, shalt thou grave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel, and shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the two shoulders of the ephod, and they shall be stones of remembrance unto the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a remembrance. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold: link work and wreathed, and fasten the wreathed chains to the hooks.
And thou shalt make the tunicle unto the ephod, altogether of jacinth. And there shall be a hole for the head in the midst of it, and let there be a bond of woven work round about the collar of it: as it were the collar of a partlet, that it rend not. And beneath upon the hem, thou shalt make pomegranates of Jacincth, of scarlet, and of purple round about the hem, read more.
and bells of gold between them round about: that there be ever a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, round about upon the hem of the tunicle. And Aaron shall have it upon him when he ministereth, that the sound may be heard when he goeth into the holy place before the LORD and when he cometh out, that he die not.
and bells of gold between them round about: that there be ever a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, round about upon the hem of the tunicle. And Aaron shall have it upon him when he ministereth, that the sound may be heard when he goeth into the holy place before the LORD and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Made by gideon, became an idolatrous snare to israel
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city Ophrah. And all Israel went a whoring after him there, which thing was the ruin of Gideon's house.
And the man Micah had a chapel of gods, and made an ephod and images, and filled the hand of one of his sons which became his priest.
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, "Know ye not that there is in these houses an ephod and images; and a graven image and an image of metal? Now therefore consider what ye have to do."
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Used as an oracle
But David had knowledge that Saul imagined mischief against him, and said therefore to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod."
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 you."
But David took a good courage to him in the LORD his God and said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, "Bring me the ephod." And Abiathar brought the ephod to David. And David asked the LORD, saying, "Shall I follow after this company? And shall I overtake them?" And he said to him, "Follow, for thou shalt overtake them and recover the prey."
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Breastplate attached to
And thou shalt make upon the breastlap two fastening chains of pure gold and wreathen work. And thou shalt make likewise upon the breastlap two rings of gold and put them on the edges of the breastlap, and put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are in the edges of the breastlap. read more.
And the two ends of the two chains thou shalt fasten in the two rings, and put them upon the shoulders of the ephod: on the foreside of it. And thou shalt yet make two rings of gold, and put them in the two edges of the breastlap even in the borders thereof toward the inside of the ephod that is over against it. And yet two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and put them on the two sides of the ephod, beneath over against the breastlap, below where the sides are joined together upon the broidered girdle of the ephod. And they shall bind the breastlap by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of jacinth, that it may lie close unto the broidered girdle of the ephod, that the breastlap be not loosed from the ephod. "And Aaron shall bear the names of the children Israel in the breastlap of example upon his heart, when he goeth into the holy place, for a remembrance before the LORD always.
And the two ends of the two chains thou shalt fasten in the two rings, and put them upon the shoulders of the ephod: on the foreside of it. And thou shalt yet make two rings of gold, and put them in the two edges of the breastlap even in the borders thereof toward the inside of the ephod that is over against it. And yet two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and put them on the two sides of the ephod, beneath over against the breastlap, below where the sides are joined together upon the broidered girdle of the ephod. And they shall bind the breastlap by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of jacinth, that it may lie close unto the broidered girdle of the ephod, that the breastlap be not loosed from the ephod. "And Aaron shall bear the names of the children Israel in the breastlap of example upon his heart, when he goeth into the holy place, for a remembrance before the LORD always.
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » The making of
And they made the ephod of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple, and twined bysse. And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires: to work it in the jacinth, scarlet, purple, and the bysse, with broidered work. And they made the sides come together, and closed them up by the two edges. read more.
And the broidering of the girdle that was upon it, was of the same stuff and after the same work of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse, as the LORD commanded Moses. And they wrought onyx stones closed in ouches of gold and graved as signets are graven with the names of the children of Israel, and put them on the shoulders of the ephod that they should be a remembrance of the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses. And they made the breastlap of cunning work, after the work of the ephod: even of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse. And they made it four square and double, a hand breadth long and a hand breadth broad. And they filled it with four rows of stones - the first row: Sardius, a Topaz and Smaragdus; the second row: a Ruby, a Sapphire and a Diamond; the third row: Ligurius, an Agate and an Amethyst; The fourth row: a Turquoise, an Onyx and a Jasper - closed in ouches of gold in their enclosures. And the twelve stones were graven as signets with the names of the children of Israel: every stone with his name, according to the twelve tribes. And they made, upon the breastlap, two fastening chains of wreathen work and pure gold. And they made two hooks of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings upon the two corners of the breastlap. And they put the two chains of gold in the two rings, in the corners of the breastlap. And the two ends of the two chains they fastened in the two hooks, and put them on the shoulders of the ephod upon the forefront of it. And they made two other rings of gold and put them on the two other corners of the breastlap along upon the edge of it, toward the inside of the ephod that is over against it. And they made yet two other gold rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod, beneath on the fore side of it: even where the sides go together, above upon the broidering of the ephod, and they strained the breastlap by his rings unto the rings of the ephod, with laces of jacinth, that it might lie fast upon the broidering of the ephod, and should not be loosed from of the ephod: as the LORD commanded Moses. And he made the tunicle unto the ephod of woven work and all together of jacinth, and the head of the tunicle was in the midst of it as the collar of a partlet, with a band round about the collar, that it should not rend. And they made beneath upon the hem of the tunicle: pomegranates of jacinth, scarlet, purple, and twined bysse. And they made little bells of pure gold, and put them among the pomegranates round about upon the edge of the tunicle, a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hems of the tunicle to minister in, as the LORD commanded Moses.
And the broidering of the girdle that was upon it, was of the same stuff and after the same work of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse, as the LORD commanded Moses. And they wrought onyx stones closed in ouches of gold and graved as signets are graven with the names of the children of Israel, and put them on the shoulders of the ephod that they should be a remembrance of the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses. And they made the breastlap of cunning work, after the work of the ephod: even of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse. And they made it four square and double, a hand breadth long and a hand breadth broad. And they filled it with four rows of stones - the first row: Sardius, a Topaz and Smaragdus; the second row: a Ruby, a Sapphire and a Diamond; the third row: Ligurius, an Agate and an Amethyst; The fourth row: a Turquoise, an Onyx and a Jasper - closed in ouches of gold in their enclosures. And the twelve stones were graven as signets with the names of the children of Israel: every stone with his name, according to the twelve tribes. And they made, upon the breastlap, two fastening chains of wreathen work and pure gold. And they made two hooks of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings upon the two corners of the breastlap. And they put the two chains of gold in the two rings, in the corners of the breastlap. And the two ends of the two chains they fastened in the two hooks, and put them on the shoulders of the ephod upon the forefront of it. And they made two other rings of gold and put them on the two other corners of the breastlap along upon the edge of it, toward the inside of the ephod that is over against it. And they made yet two other gold rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod, beneath on the fore side of it: even where the sides go together, above upon the broidering of the ephod, and they strained the breastlap by his rings unto the rings of the ephod, with laces of jacinth, that it might lie fast upon the broidering of the ephod, and should not be loosed from of the ephod: as the LORD commanded Moses. And he made the tunicle unto the ephod of woven work and all together of jacinth, and the head of the tunicle was in the midst of it as the collar of a partlet, with a band round about the collar, that it should not rend. And they made beneath upon the hem of the tunicle: pomegranates of jacinth, scarlet, purple, and twined bysse. And they made little bells of pure gold, and put them among the pomegranates round about upon the edge of the tunicle, a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hems of the tunicle to minister in, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » An inferior, was worn by the ordinary priests
Then said the king to Doeg, "Turn thou and smite the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned and ran upon the priests, and slew that same day four score and five persons that did wear each man a linen ephod.
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Worn by samuel
But the lad Samuel ministered before the LORD girded about with a linen ephod.
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Worn by david
And David danced before the LORD with all his might, in a linen ephod gird unto him.
Ephod » A man of manasseh
and among the children of Joseph: in the tribe of the children of Manasseh, the lord Hanniel the son of Ephod;
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Worn by aaron
And the broidering of the girdle that was upon it, was of the same stuff and after the same work of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Prophecy concerning the absence of the ephod from israel
Thus the children of Israel shall sit a great while without king and prince, without offering and alter, without priest and revelation.