Judges 18:19

Tree of Life Version

“Be quiet!” they said to him. “Put your hand on your mouth and go with us and be to us a father and a priest! Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man or to be priest to a tribe and a clan in Israel?”

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

When Elisha got sick with his illness from which he would die, King Joash of Israel came down to him, wept over him and cried, “Avi, avi, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”

2 Kings 6:21

When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Shall I surely strike them down, Avi?”

Job 21:5

Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.

Job 29:9

princes refrained from talking and put their hand over their mouths;

Proverbs 30:32

If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Micah 7:16

Nations will see and be put to shame despite all their might. They will put a hand on their mouth, their ears will be deaf.

Matthew 23:9

And call no man on earth your father; for One is your Father, who is in heaven.

Judges 17:10

So Micah said to him, “Stay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your provision.” So the Levite went in.

Judges 18:18

Now after these had gone into Micah’s house and taken the carved image, the ephod, the household idols and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

Judges 18:20

So the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the household idols and the carved image, and went along among the people.