Cross References And they said to him: Hold thy peace, and put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel? Judges 17:10 And Michas said: Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee every year ten pieces of silver, and a double suit of apparel, and thy victuals. Judges 18:18 So they that were gone in took away the graven thing, the ephod, and the idols, and the molten god, And the priest said to them: What are you doing? Judges 18:20 When he heard this, he agreed to their words, and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them. Job 21:5 Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth. Job 29:9 The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth. Job 40:4 What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they said to him: Hold thy peace, and put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel? lay thine. Job 21:5 Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth. Job 29:9 The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth. Job 40:5,6 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more. . . . Proverbs 30:32 There is that hath appeared a fool after he was lifted up on high: for if he had understood, he would have laid his hand upon his mouth. Micah 7:16 The nations shall see, and shall be confounded at all their strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be deaf. a father Judges 17:10 And Michas said: Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee every year ten pieces of silver, and a double suit of apparel, and thy victuals. 2 Kings 6:21 And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when he saw them: My father, shall I kill them? 2 Kings 8:8,9 And the king said to Hazael: Take with thee presents, and go to meet the man of God, and consult the Lord by him, saying: Can I recover of this my illness? . . . 2 Kings 13:14 Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died: and Joas, king of Israel, went down to him, and wept before him, and said: O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the guider thereof. Matthew 23:9 And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven. Context The Danites Take Micah's Idols…18So they that were gone in took away the graven thing, the ephod, and the idols, and the molten god, And the priest said to them: What are you doing? 19And they said to him: Hold thy peace, and put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel?20When he heard this, he agreed to their words, and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them.… Lexicon “Be quiet,”הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ (ha·ḥă·rêš) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise they told him. וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Put שִֽׂים־ (śîm-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set your hand יָדְךָ֤ (yā·ḏə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against your mouth פִּ֙יךָ֙ (pî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to and come וְלֵ֣ךְ (wə·lêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk with us עִמָּ֔נוּ (‘im·mā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with and be וֶֽהְיֵה־ (weh·yêh-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a father לְאָ֣ב (lə·’āḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1: Father and a priest וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן (ū·lə·ḵō·hên) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest to us. לָ֖נוּ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew Is it better הֲט֣וֹב ׀ (hă·ṭō·wḇ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good for you to be הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ (hĕ·yō·wṯ·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a priest כֹהֵ֗ן (ḵō·hên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest for the house לְבֵית֙ (lə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house of one אֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first person אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person or א֚וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if a priest כֹהֵ֔ן (ḵō·hên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest for a tribe לְשֵׁ֥בֶט (lə·šê·ḇeṭ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe and family וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה (ū·lə·miš·pā·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people in Israel?” בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Additional Translations “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”And they said to him, Hold your peace, lay 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 a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel? And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? 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? And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be a priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a family in Israel? And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest to the house of one man, or that thou shouldst be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel? They said to him, "Hold your peace, 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 family in Israel?" and they say to him, 'Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?' 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