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.
They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his prie
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 hous
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship th
And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols,
They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiez
They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for
Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her f
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astra
When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son
Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezr