Judges 8:27

Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

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WEBBE

Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

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וַיַּעַשׂ vai·ya·'as and he made H6213 אוֹתוֹ 'o·to (marks the object) it H853 גִדְעוֹן gid·'on Gideon H1439 לְאֵפוֹד le·'e·fod into an ephod H646 וַיַּצֵּג vai·ya·tzeg and he placed H3322 אוֹתוֹ 'o·to (marks the object) it H853 בְעִירוֹ ve·'i·ro in city his H5892 בְּעָפְרָה be·'a·fe·rah in Ophrah H6084 וַיִּזְנוּ vai·yiz·nu and they acted as prostitutes H2181 כָל־ khol- all H3605 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 אַחֲרָיו 'a·cha·rav after it H310 שָׁם sham there H8033 וַיְהִי vay·hi and it became H1961 לְגִדְעוֹן le·gid·'on for Gideon H1439 וּלְבֵיתוֹ u·le·vei·to and for household his H1004 לְמוֹקֵשׁ le·mo·kesh (into) a snare H4170

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 22–28

Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God. Gideon thought to keep up the remembrance of this victory by an ephod, made of the choicest of the spoils. But probably this ephod had, as usual, a teraphim annexed to it, and Gideon intended this for an oracle to be consulted. Many are led into false ways by one false step of a good man. It became a snare to Gideon himself, and it proved the ruin of the family. How soon will ornaments which feed the lust of the eye, and form the pride of life, as well as tend to the indulgences of the flesh, bring shame on those who are fond of them!

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.