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THE BOOK OF
JUDGES
CHAPTER 8
  27 And Gideon made an aephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a bsnare unto Gideon, and to his house.

Footnotes
27a
IE probably here a medallion of gold to adorn the priest’s ephod. Later it was at times revered.
Ex. 28: 4 (4-35).
  4 And these are the agarments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an bephod, and a robe, and a broidered ccoat, a dmitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the epriest’s office.
Judg. 17: 5.
  5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an aephod, and bteraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his cpriest.
b
Ex. 23: 33.
  33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a asnare unto thee.