From Nave’s Topical Bible
Ephod
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 24Passages listed
- 7Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- 1. A sacred vestment worn by the high priest
- DescribedExodus 28:6–14Exodus 28:31–35Exodus 25:7
- The making ofExodus 39:2–26
- Breastplate attached toExodus 28:22–29
- Worn by AaronExodus 39:5
- Used as an oracle1 Samuel 23:91 Samuel 23:121 Samuel 30:71 Samuel 30:8
- An inferior, was worn by the ordinary priests1 Samuel 22:18
- Worn by Samuel1 Samuel 2:18
- Worn by David2 Samuel 6:14
- It was called COATExodus 28:40Exodus 29:8Exodus 39:27Exodus 40:14Leviticus 8:13Leviticus 10:5
- Made by Gideon, became an idolatrous snare to IsraelJudges 8:27Judges 17:5Judges 18:14
- Prophecy concerning the absence of the Ephod from IsraelHosea 3:4
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- 2. A man of ManassehNumbers 34:23
The passages, in Bible order (24)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 25:7
and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
Commentary on Exodus 25:71 voice
Onyx stones - We have already met with the stone called שהם shoham, Gen 2:12, and acknowledged the difficulty of ascertaining what is meant by it. Some think the onyx, some the sardine, and some the emerald, is meant. We cannot say precisely what it was; possibly it might have been that fine pale pebble, called the Egyptian pebble, several specimens of which now lie before me, which were brought from the coast of the Red Sea, and other parts in Egypt, by a particular friend of mine, on purpose to add to my collection of minerals.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Exodus 28:6–14
They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
Commentary on Exodus 28:6–141 voice
The ephod was fastened by a girdle of the same costly materials, that is, dyed, embroidered, and wrought with threads of gold. It was about a handbreadth wide and wound twice round the upper part of the waist; it fastened in front, the ends hanging down at great length (Re 1:13).
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Exodus 28:22–29
For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.
- Exodus 28:31–35
You are to make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth,
Commentary on Exodus 28:31–351 voice
The robe of the ephod - This was next under the ephod, and reached down to the knees, without sleeves, and was put on over their head, having holes on the sides to put the arms through, or, as Maimonides describes it, was not sewn together on the sides at all.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- Exodus 28:40
Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and splendor.
- Exodus 39:2–26
Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
- Exodus 39:5
And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:27
For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,
- Leviticus 8:13
Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Commentary on Leviticus 8:131 voice
Aaron’s sons - The common priests. Nothing is said here, or in Exo 29:7-9, of the anointing of the common priests, though it is expressly commanded in Exo 28:41; Exo 40:15, and is evidently implied as a fact in Lev 7:36; Lev 10:7; Num 3:3. It would seem that the anointing of the common priests consisted in some rite common to them and the high priest Exo 40:15, and this was the sprinkling mentioned in Lev 8:30. Compare further Lev 10:7 with Lev 21:12.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Leviticus 10:5
So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.
Commentary on Leviticus 10:51 voice
Coats - See Exo 28:39. Life had been extinguished as if by a flash of lightning, but neither the bodies nor the dresses were destroyed.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Numbers 34:23
Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
- Judges 8:27
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
Commentary on Judges 8:272 voices
Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, . . . Ophrah--That no idolatrous use was in view, nor any divisive course from Shiloh contemplated, is manifest from Jud 8:33.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
And Gideon made an ephod thereof,.... That is, of some of this gold; for such a quantity could never have been expanded on an ephod only, even taking it not for a linen ephod, but such an one as the high priest wore, made of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with curious work, together with a curious girdle of the same work; unless we suppose such a breastplate with it, of twelve precious stones, as Aaron had; and with little images of teraphim or cherubim in it, as Dr. Spencer thinks (i).
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 17:5
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
Commentary on Judges 17:52 voices
And the man Micah had an house of gods,.... Having two images in it, besides teraphim, which were a sort of idols; and the Targum is, an house of images, or idols; though it may be rendered "an house of God"; a temple, a place for religious worship: and made an ephod; a priestly garment, a linen one very probably, not so rich an one with a breastplate to it as the high priest had, which was very costly.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The man Micah had a house of gods - בית אלהים beith Elohim should, I think, be translated house or temple of God; for it is very likely that both the mother and the son intended no more than a private or domestic chapel, in which they proposed to set up the worship of the true God.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
Commentary on Judges 18:142 voices
Answered - That is, spake, the word answering being often used in scripture of the first speaker. These houses - That is, in one of these houses. What to do - Whether it be not expedient to take them for your farther use.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot called afterwards "the camp of Dan." Prosecuting the northern route, they skirted the base of the Ephraimite hills.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed