Judges 17:5
17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine.
He made an ephod
and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
Judges 18:14
18:14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish
said to their kinsmen,
“Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
Judges 18:17
18:17 The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole
the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men.
Exodus 28:6-12
28:6 “They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an artistic designer.
28:7 It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be joined together.
28:8 The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.
28:9 “You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
28:10 six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth.
28:11 You are to engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel with the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a seal; you are to have them set in gold filigree settings.
28:12 You are to put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron will bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for a memorial.
Exodus 28:1
The Clothing of the Priests
28:1 “And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests – Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
Exodus 23:9-10
23:9 “You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Sabbaths and Feasts
23:10 “For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.
Isaiah 8:20
8:20 Then you must recall the
Lord’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen.
Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.