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Judges 17:5
Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest.
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Genesis 31:19
At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father’s household idols and took them with her.
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2 Chronicles 15 2
and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle.“ Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted.“ Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
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Daniel 9:27
The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven, but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”
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Daniel 12:11
“ From the time the daily sacrifice is stopped and the sacrilegious object that causes desecration is set up to be worshiped, there will be 1,290 days.
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Hebrews 10:26
Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.
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1 Samuel 23 9
But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.
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Judges 8:27
Gideon made a sacred ephod from the gold and put it in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping it, and it became a trap for Gideon and his family.
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Exodus 28:4
These are the garments they are to make: a chestpiece, an ephod, a robe, a patterned tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother, Aaron, and his sons to wear when they serve me as priests.
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1 Samuel 23 6
Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.
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2 Kings 23 24
Josiah also got rid of the mediums and psychics, the household gods, the idols, and every other kind of detestable practice, both in Jerusalem and throughout the land of Judah. He did this in obedience to the laws written in the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had found in the Lord’s Temple.
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John 19:15
“ Away with him,” they yelled.“ Away with him! Crucify him!”“ What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked.“ We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back.
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1 Samuel 30 7
Then he said to Abiathar the priest,“ Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it.
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1 Samuel 14 3
Among Saul’s men was Ahijah the priest, who was wearing the ephod, the priestly vest. Ahijah was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord who had served at Shiloh. No one realized that Jonathan had left the Israelite camp.
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Daniel 8:11-13
It even challenged the Commander of heaven’s army by canceling the daily sacrifices offered to him and by destroying his Temple.The army of heaven was restrained from responding to this rebellion. So the daily sacrifice was halted, and truth was overthrown. The horn succeeded in everything it did.Then I heard two holy ones talking to each other. One of them asked,“ How long will the events of this vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Temple and heaven’s army be trampled on?”
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Hosea 10:1-3
How prosperous Israel is— a luxuriant vine loaded with fruit. But the richer the people get, the more pagan altars they build. The more bountiful their harvests, the more beautiful their sacred pillars.The hearts of the people are fickle; they are guilty and must be punished. The Lord will break down their altars and smash their sacred pillars.Then they will say,“ We have no king because we didn’t fear the Lord. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us anyway?”
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Hosea 2:11
I will put an end to her annual festivals, her new moon celebrations, and her Sabbath days— all her appointed festivals.
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Ezekiel 21:21
The king of Babylon now stands at the fork, uncertain whether to attack Jerusalem or Rabbah. He calls his magicians to look for omens. They cast lots by shaking arrows from the quiver. They inspect the livers of animal sacrifices.
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Jeremiah 15:4-5
Because of the wicked things Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem, I will make my people an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.“ Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem? Who will weep for you? Who will even bother to ask how you are?
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Ezekiel 20:32
“ You say,‘ We want to be like the nations all around us, who serve idols of wood and stone.’ But what you have in mind will never happen.
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Luke 21:24
They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end.
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Micah 5:11-14
I will tear down your walls and demolish your defenses.I will put an end to all witchcraft, and there will be no more fortune tellers.I will destroy all your idols and sacred pillars, so you will never again worship the work of your own hands.I will abolish your idol shrines with their Asherah poles and destroy your pagan cities.
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Hosea 13:11
In my anger I gave you kings, and in my fury I took them away.
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1 Samuel 2 18
But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the Lord. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.
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Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.
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Judges 18:17-24
the five scouts entered the shrine and removed the carved image, the sacred ephod, the household idols, and the cast idol. Meanwhile, the priest was standing at the gate with the 600 armed warriors.When the priest saw the men carrying all the sacred objects out of Micah’s shrine, he said,“ What are you doing?”“ Be quiet and come with us,” they said.“ Be a father and priest to all of us. Isn’t it better to be a priest for an entire tribe and clan of Israel than for the household of just one man?”The young priest was quite happy to go with them, so he took along the sacred ephod, the household idols, and the carved image.They turned and started on their way again, placing their children, livestock, and possessions in front of them.When the people from the tribe of Dan were quite a distance from Micah’s house, the people who lived near Micah came chasing after them.They were shouting as they caught up with them. The men of Dan turned around and said to Micah,“ What’s the matter? Why have you called these men together and chased after us like this?”“ What do you mean,‘ What’s the matter?’” Micah replied.“ You’ve taken away all the gods I have made, and my priest, and I have nothing left!”
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Daniel 11:31
“ His army will take over the Temple fortress, pollute the sanctuary, put a stop to the daily sacrifices, and set up the sacrilegious object that causes desecration.
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Matthew 24:1-2
As Jesus was leaving the Temple grounds, his disciples pointed out to him the various Temple buildings.But he responded,“ Do you see all these buildings? I tell you the truth, they will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!”
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Leviticus 8:7
He put the official tunic on Aaron and tied the sash around his waist. He dressed him in the robe, placed the ephod on him, and attached the ephod securely with its decorative sash.
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1 Samuel 22 18
Then the king said to Doeg,“ You do it.” So Doeg the Edomite turned on them and killed them that day, eighty five priests in all, still wearing their priestly garments.
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1 Samuel 21 9
“ I only have the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah,” the priest replied.“ It is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. Take that if you want it, for there is nothing else here.”“ There is nothing like it!” David replied.“ Give it to me!”
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Acts 6:13-14
The lying witnesses said,“ This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.We have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy the Temple and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
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Zechariah 13:2
“ And on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,“ I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them.
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Isaiah 19:19-20
In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the Lord at its border.It will be a sign and a witness that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the Lord for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them.
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2 Samuel 6 14
And David danced before the Lord with all his might, wearing a priestly garment.