Lev. 8:7

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he put.

Exod 28:4; Exod 29:5; Exod 39:1-7; Isa 61:3; Isa 61:10; Rom 3:22; Rom 13:14; Gal 3:27

the ephod.The {ephod} seems to have been a garment worn by persons of distinction of various characters (2 Sa 6:4); the description of which in the book of Exodus (Le 28:6, etc.) relates only to its materials.

As to its shape, the LXX. calls it [ep�is,] which signifies that it was worn on the shoulders. So also Josephus, who says it was a cubit long.

St. Jerome compares it with the Roman {caracalla,} which was a sort of short cloak, only that it had a head or hood, which the ephod had not.