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Verse Judges 8:27. _GIDEON MADE AN EPHOD THEREOF_] That is, he made an
ephod _out of this_ mass of gold; but he could not employ it _all_ in
making this one garment, for it is not likely that any man...
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CHAPTER 8 INTERNAL STRIFE, GIDEON'S FAILURE AND END
_ 1. The strife (Judges 8:1)_
2. The complete deliverance (Judges 8:10)
3. Gideon's failure and end (Judges 8:22)
4. Israel's failure after Gide...
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GIDEON REFUSES A KINGDOM, AND ERECTS AN EPHOD. Long before the
Israelites had any human kings. Yahweh was regarded as their Divine
King, and Gideon, like Samuel (1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel...
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EPHOD. Probably the priests were lax in restoring the worship of the
true God. So that Gideon would have meant well and desired to judge
well. Compare Judges 17:5, where Micah made another. The reason...
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_Gideon refuses the kingship: he sets up an ephod: conclusion_
22 _.the men of Israel_ Not the 300 of Judges 8:4, but the men who
formed the army Judges 7:14; Judges 9:55, the Israelites drawn from
Ep...
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_made an ephod thereof_ i.e. out of a large amount of precious metal
the gold of the earrings 26a, not of the ornaments in 26b. Gideon
dedicated his spoil to Jehovah, cf. 2 Samuel 8:11; Micah 4:13, Mo...
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GIDEON MADE AN EPHOD— As the people in the height of their gratitude
had offered Gideon the kingdom, he justly concluded that they could
not refuse him an inferior petition; he asked therefore, and th...
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_Gideon Captures and Slays Midian's Kings Judges 8:1-28_
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus,
that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the
Midianites?...
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_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._
Gideon made an ep...
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HISTORY OF THE JUDGES (JUDGES 3:5 TO JUDGES 16:31)
On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of
Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with
six of the Ju...
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EPHOD] see Judges 17:5. An image of some sort used in consulting the
will of Heaven.
MOUNTAIN] i.e. hillcountry. The men of Ephraim (Joshua's tribe) are
recognised as the leaders in Israel: cp. Judge...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
V1 The people in Ephraim’s *tribe asked Gideon, ‘Why have you
done this to us? Why did you not call us when you went to fight the
people from Midi...
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MADE AN EPHOD. — The high priest’s ephod is described in Exodus
28:6. It was a sleeveless coat of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and
fine twined linen, with two ouches of onyx on the shoulders, bound by...
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וַ יַּעַשׂ֩ אֹותֹ֨ו גִדְעֹ֜ון לְ
אֵפֹ֗וד וַ
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GIDEON THE ECCLESIASTIC
Judges 8:22
THE great victory of Gideon had this special significance, that it
ended the incursions of the wandering races of the desert. Canaan
offered a continual lure to th...
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THE SNARE OF SUCCESS
Judges 8:13
Clearly Gideon's family had passed through some terrible tragedy
previous to this war of emancipation. He had not learned our Lord's
teaching of forgiveness and acted...
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Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to
deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he
had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penue...
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And Gideon made an (o) 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.
(o) That is, s...
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An ephod. A priestly garment; which Gedeon made with a good design:
but the Israelites, after his death, abused it by making it an
instrument of their idolatrous worship, (Challoner) and perhaps
consu...
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Whatever were the views of Gideon in this ephod, is not easily
determined. Aaron had fallen into a similar transgression, in the time
the church was in the wilderness. Alas! what are the best of men f...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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Nevertheless, they did not all unite with Gideon in pursuit of the
Midianites. But, for the moment, Gideon despises the cowardice which
disowns him through a remaining fear of the oppressor's power. O...
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AND GIDEON MADE AN EPHOD THEREOF,.... That is, of some of this gold;
for such a quantity could never have been expanded on an ephod only,
even taking it not for a linen ephod, but such an one as the h...
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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.
Ver. 27. _And Gid...
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_Gideon made an ephod thereof_ Not of all of it; for then it would
have been too heavy for use; but of part of it, the rest being
probably employed about other things appertaining to it; which
elsewhe...
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1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites.
4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieue Gideons army.
10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken.
13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed.
17 Gideon reuengeth his brethrens dea...
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And Gideon made an ephod thereof, a copy of that worn by the high
priest at Shiloh, Exodus 28, AND PUT IT IN HIS CITY, EVEN IN OPHRAH,
intending it as an act of worship to God, in accordance with his...
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CAMPAIGN...
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GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER
(vv. 1-3)
But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so
late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They
did not stop to...
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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 vi...
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Made an ephod thereof; not of all of it, for then it would have been
too heavy for use; but of part of it, the rest being probably employed
about other things agreeable and appertaining to it; which e...
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Judges 8:27 Gideon H1439 made H6213 (H8799) ephod H646 up H3322
(H8686) city H5892 Ophrah H6084 Israel...
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Judges 8:27 A
‘And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in
Ophrah.'
We do not know for certain what an ephod (a metallic sacral robe) in
this context was for. In Exodus 28:6 it wa...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: Jealousy of Ephriam. Events to the death of Gideon.
Apostasy.
CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Zebah, Zalmunna, Abimelech, Jerubbaal,
Jether.
CONCLUSION: Many are led into false ways by one false...
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Judges 8:16. _He taught the men of Succoth._ The LXX read, _he
threshed_ them. This little city of forty or fifty families was
blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their
cou...
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_Gideon made an ephod._
GIDEON, THE ECCLESIASTIC
A strong but not spiritual religiousness is the chief note of
Gideon’s character. It may be objected that such an one, if he seeks
ecclesiastical offi...
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_Rule thou over us _. .. _ for thou hast delivered us._
GIDEON’S AFTER-LIFE
Many a man does well in times of difficulty and danger who fails
entirely in prosperity. It remains for us to see whether G...
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THE FOWLER'S SNARE
It became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. Judges 8:27.
Gideon had led the people of Israel in a great battle and led them
very successfully. Their enemies had been complete...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 8:22 Despite God’s faithfulness to Gideon,
he leads the people into improper worship practices.
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 8:27 The original EPHOD was an ornate
ceremonial garment worn by the high priest (Exodus 28:1;...
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CHAPTER 8
_FINAL DEALING WITH THE ENEMY—GIDEON’S LAST DAYS. Judges 8:18_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 8:18. THEN SAID HE, etc.] This must have
taken place when Gideon arrived at home; for it was after his...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 8:22, JUDGES 8:23
RULE THOU, etc. The gratitude of Israel to their great deliverer,
added to a sense that it would be for their own security, and to a
desire, already perhaps beginn...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Judges, chapter eight?
The Ephraimites were troublemakers. And in chapter eight we find them
giving Gideon a bad time. But we see with what splendid diplomac...
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1 Samuel 23:10; 1 Samuel 23:9; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 7:16;...
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Thereof — Not of all of it; for then it would have been too heavy
for use; but of part of it, the rest being probably employed about
other things appertaining to it; which elsewhere are comprehended
u...