Editing Ephod (section)

==Description==
In the Bible, in the contexts where it is worn, the ephod is usually described as being linen, but did not constitute complete clothing of any kind, as the Books of Samuel describe.<ref name=cb>Cheyne and Black, ''[[Encyclopedia Biblica]]''</ref> [[1 Chronicles 15]] states that David was "clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the [[Levite]]s who bore the ark... [and] David also wore an ephod of linen," and [[2 Samuel 6]]:14 that "David was wearing a linen ephod". There appears to have been a strong religious and ceremonial implication to wearing an ephod, since the 85 priests at [[Nob, Israel|Nob]] are specifically identified as being the type of people who wore an ephod;<ref name=je>''Jewish Encyclopedia''</ref> though the [[Masoretic Text]] here describes them as being ''linen ephods'' (1 Samuel 22:18) the word "linen" is not present in the [[Septuagint]] version of the passage, nor is it present when the Septuagint describes David and Samuel as girding themselves with an ephod. Therefore, some textual scholars regard its presence in the Masoretic Text as a later [[Bible gloss|editorial gloss]].<ref name=je />