Ephod in a dream

Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa

Also: Priestly vestment, High priest's ephod, Linen ephod

What it means

The priestly garment, representing the work of a high priest.

Carrying the sins and burdens of the people before God.

The ephod was how the priest represented the whole nation at once — the names of the tribes were carried on his shoulders and over his heart.

✦ When it is positive

Representing the people of God before God
Priestly intercession and mediation

⚠ When it is a warning

The old system of approaching God; what has become obsolete in Christ
An ephod made into an object of enquiry, becoming a snare

How to tell the difference

The blue in the vestment represents what is heavenly; the twelve stones on the breastplate represent the people of God in differing glories; the Urim and Thummim represent God's guidance and leadership. Note whether the dreamer wears the ephod or sees another wearing it.

Scripture

⁴These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office. ⁵They shall use the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. ⁶“They shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
Exodus 28:4-6 (WEB)

²⁹Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. ³⁰You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the LORD. Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before the LORD continually.
Exodus 28:29-30 (WEB)

Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
Judges 8:27 (WEB)

⁷David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David. ⁸David inquired of the LORD, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
1 Samuel 30:7-8 (WEB)