ephod

Definitions

A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi–xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.

Judaism

Equivalents

Examples

“1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James): Exodus, 28, vi-viii, And they shall make⟳ the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work⟳. It shall have⟳ the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work⟳ thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.”

“1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James): Hosea, 3, iv, For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:”

“From this it appears that at least towards the close⟳ of the Exile, the Urim and Thummim were considered as something distinct from the ephod of the high priest and the gems with which it was adorned.”

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