Judges 18:19

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they responded to him: "Be silent and place your finger over your mouth. And come with us, so that we may have you as a father as well as a priest. For which is better for you: to be a priest in the house of one man, or in one tribe and family in Israel?"

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

Now Elisha was sick of the infirmity from which he also died. And Joash, the king of Israel, descended to him. And he was weeping before him, and saying: "My father, my father! The chariot of Israel and its driver!"

2 Kings 6:21

And the king of Israel, when he had seen them, said to Elisha, "My father, should I not strike them?"

Job 21:5

Listen to me and be astonished, and place a finger over your mouth.

Job 29:9

The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth.

Proverbs 30:32

There is one who has appeared foolish, after he was lifted up on high; for if he had understood, he would have placed his hand over his mouth.

Micah 7:16

The nations will look, and they will be confounded at the strength of them all. They will place hand over mouth; their ears will be deaf.

Matthew 23:9

And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven.

Judges 17:10

And Micah said: "Stay with me. And you shall be to me like a parent and a priest. And I will give to you, each year, ten silver coins, and a double-layered garment, and whatever provisions are necessary."

Judges 18:18

And so, those who had entered took away the graven image, the ephod, and the theraphim, and the molten idol. And the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"

Judges 18:20

And when he had heard this, he agreed to their words. And he took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven image, and he set out with them.