Judges 18:19
And they said to him, Be silent, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Judges 17:10And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the + 17:10 Heb. ימיס (year of) days.year, and a change of raiment, and thy living.
2 Kings 8:8And the king said to Azael, Take in thine hand + 8:8 The Gr. retains the Heb. word.a present, and go to meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I + 8:8 Gr. live?recover of this my disease?
Job 21:5Look upon me, and wonder, laying your hand upon your cheek.
Job 40:4Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these arguments? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Micah 7:16The nations shall see and be ashamed; and at all their might they shall lay their hands upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened.
Matthew Henry on Judges 18:15-27
Micah's Gods Stolen; Micah's Attempt to Recover His Idols. ( b. c. 1406.) 14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,… Read the whole commentary →