Search results for "Ephod" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • means "Onyx" and was the stone on the Ephod representing the Tribe of Joseph. There were also two Shoham stones on the shoulders of the Ephod. ...
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  • in the Bible for having made a golden ephod (a breast plate used for ... rule. However, he orders that an "ephod" be made for him out ...
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  • means "Topaz" and was the stone on the Ephod representing the tribe of Dan. * Yellow topaz is the traditional November birthstone. ...
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  • " and was the stone on the Ephod representing the tribe of Judah. According to other commentaries, however, "Nofech" means "garnet ...
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  • quot; and was the stone on the Ephod representing the tribe of Asher. * Peridot is the birthstone of August. ==See also== * Gemstone ...
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  • David with crucial advice by means of the sacred ephod and later, when David ascended the throne, Abiathar was appointed high priest (1 Chr. 15:11; ...
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  • on the shoulder pieces of the high priest’s ephod was engraved with the names of six different tribes of Israel, and each of the 12 precious stones ...
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  • means "ruby". It was the stone on the Ephod representing the tribe of Reuben. Modern Hebrew has taken this meaning. In ancient India ...
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  • quot; and was the stone on the Ephod representing the tribe of Issachar. This interpretation, however, is disputed, as the biblical "sapphire ...
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  • were melted down to make Gideon's golden ephod. Psalm 83:4-7 identifies the Ishmaelites as one of Israel's mortal enemies: ...
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  • *Chapter 28: vestments for the priests, the ephod garment, ring settings, Aaron's breastplate, robe, head-plate, tunic, turban, sashes, pants. ...
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  • calf, he also fashioned for himself a golden ephod (sacred breastplate) which reportedly became an object of idolatrous adoration in his hometown ...
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  • means "Pearl" and was the stone on the Ephod (a ritual garment) representing the tribe of Zebulun (one of Jacob's 12 sons). ...
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  • Aaron, to give him dignity and honor… Make the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen—the work of a skilled ...
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  • *An ephod of gold, attached to two ornate shoulder-pieces. It is to contain two onyx stones, each engraved with the names of six of the tribes ...
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  • Levites, while he himself, "girded with a linen ephod," "danced before the Lord with all his might"—a performance for which he was ...
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  • of Aaron (Exodus 28:15-30). Attached to the ephod, the breastplate was adorned with twelve gemstones set in gold and arranged in four rows, each ...
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