²⁷ Gideon used the gold to make a ·holy vest [ephod; ^Cperhaps in imitation of the high priest and used to discern God’s will; Ex. 29:2–5], which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. But all the Israelites ·were unfaithful to God [^Lprostituted themselves] and worshiped it, so it became a ·trap [snare; cause of sin] for Gideon and his family.