Hosea 3:4
For the people of Israel will live for many days without a king, prince, sacrifice, stone pillar, ephod or household idols.
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Genesis 31:19When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household gods.
Exodus 28:4The garments that they must make are a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of woven work, a turban, and a sash. They must make these garments that are set them apart to me. They will be for your brother Aaron and his sons so that they may serve me as priests.
Leviticus 8:7He put on Aaron the tunic and tied the sash around his waist, clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him, and then he tied the ephod around him with the finely-woven waistband and bound it to him.
Judges 17:5The man Micah had a house of idols and he made an ephod and household gods, and he hired one of his sons to become his priest.
1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel served Yahweh as a child clothed with a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 21:9The priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want to take that, take it, for there is no other weapon here.” David said, “There is no other sword like that one; give it to me.”
Matthew Henry on Hosea 3:2-5
Idolatry of Israel; The Prophet's Remonstrances; Promises to the Penitent. ( b. c. 760.) 1 Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley: 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be… Read the whole commentary →