KJV King James Version
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 8:27
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
ASV American Standard Version
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlot after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.
Surrounding context — Judges 8
24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.)
25 And they answered, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that [was] on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that [were] about their camels’ necks.
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
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וַיַּעַשׂ֩H6213 · a.sahto make: doאוֹת֨וֹH853 · et[Obj.]גִדְע֜וֹןH1439 · gid.onGideonלְאֵפ֗וֹדH646 · e.phodephodוַיַּצֵּ֨גH3322 · ya.tsagto setאוֹת֤וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בְעִירוֹ֙H5892 · irexcitementבְּעָפְרָ֔הH6084 · oph.rahOphrahוַיִּזְנ֧וּH2181 · za.nahto fornicateכָֽל־H3605 · kolallיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאַחֲרָ֖יוH310 · a.charafterשָׁ֑םH8033 · shamthereוַיְהִ֛יH1961 · ha.yahto beלְגִדְע֥וֹןH1439 · gid.onGideonוּלְבֵית֖וֹH1004 · betplaceלְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃H4170 · mo.qeshsnare
Cross-references
Psalm 106:39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.Judges 18:14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.Deuteronomy 7:16And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.Judges 17:5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.Judges 18:17And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men [that were] appointed with weapons of war.Judges 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Exodus 23:33They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:Judges 6:11And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide [it] from the Midianites.Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.Hosea 2:2Plead with your mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;Hosea 4:12-14My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.Judges 8:32-33And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Exodus 28:6-35And they shall make the ephod [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, [of] scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.1 Samuel 23:9-10And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.Psalm 73:27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
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