Judges 18:19
They said to him,“Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?”
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- Judg 17:10 : 10 Micah said to him,“Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”
- Job 21:5 : 5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.
- Job 29:9 : 9 the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;
- Mic 7:16 : 16 Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.
- Prov 30:32 : 32 If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!
- Matt 23:9 : 9 And call no one your‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
- Job 40:4-5 : 4 “Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. 5 I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more.”
- 2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha,“Should I strike them down, my master?”
- 2 Kgs 8:8-9 : 8 So the king told Hazael,“Take a gift and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the LORD. Ask him,‘Will I recover from this sickness?’” 9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha. He took along a gift, as well as forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said,“Your son, King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
- 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said,“My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!”
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- Judg 18:20-212 verses82%
20The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.
21They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions.
- Judg 18:17-182 verses81%
17The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men.
18When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them,“What are you doing?”
- Judg 18:2-65 verses80%
2The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them,“Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house.
3As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him,“Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
4He told them what Micah had done for him, saying,“He hired me and I became his priest.”
5They said to him,“Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”
6The priest said to them,“Go with confidence. The LORD will be with you on your mission.”
- Judg 17:7-137 verses77%
7Micah Hires a Professional There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
8This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.
9Micah said to him,“Where do you come from?” He replied,“I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.”
10Micah said to him,“Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”
11So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.
12Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
13Micah said,“Now I know the LORD will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”
- Judg 17:4-52 verses76%
4When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.
5Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
- Judg 18:13-153 verses74%
13From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house.
14The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen,“Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
15They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house(which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.
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28I chose your ancestor from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor’s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.
- Num 16:9-102 verses72%
9Does it seem too small a thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you near to himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the community to minister to them?
10He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?
- Judg 18:23-253 verses71%
23When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah,“Why have you gathered together?”
24He said,“You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me,‘What do you want?’”
25The Danites said to him,“Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men will attack you, and you and your family will die.”
- Num 18:1-22 verses71%
1Responsibilities of the Priests The LORD said to Aaron,“You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2“Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join with you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.
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17Then some of the elders of Judah stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said,
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9But you banished the LORD’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods!
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36Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money and for a scrap of bread. Each will say,‘Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.’”
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19Now listen to me, I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God, and you bring their disputes to God;
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20Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.
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27Now the Danites took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city.
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17Eli replied,“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”
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23If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”
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18The Levite said to him,“We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.
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19While Saul spoke to the priest, the panic in the Philistines’ camp was becoming greater and greater. So Saul said to the priest,“Withdraw your hand!”
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6and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
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3One of them said,“Please come along with your servants.” He replied,“All right, I’ll come.”
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14You replied to me that what I had said to you was good.
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15Also, before they burned the fat the priest’s attendant would come and say to the person who was making the sacrifice,“Give some meat for the priest to roast! He won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
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20The old man said,“Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”
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6I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the LORD, to perform the duties of the tent of meeting.
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5For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.
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9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
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19Then the people said to me,“Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”
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1Well-Deserved Judgment Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.
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8When the Danites returned to their tribe in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen asked them,“How did it go?”