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27 Gideon used the gold to make an ephod,[a] which he put in his hometown, the town called Ophrah. All the Israelites worshiped the ephod. In this way the Israelites were not faithful to God—they worshiped the ephod.[b] The ephod became a trap that caused Gideon and his family to sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:27 ephod This may have been a special vest or coat like that worn by the high priest (see Ex. 28:2-14), or it may have been a kind of idol.
  2. Judges 8:27 were not faithful … ephod Literally, “acted like a prostitute to it.”

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