Judges 18:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 17:10 : 10 And Micah saith to him, `Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth `in'.
  • Job 21:5 : 5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
  • Job 29:9 : 9 Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
  • Mic 7:16 : 16 See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!
  • Matt 23:9 : 9 and ye may not call `any' your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth. 5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
  • 2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 And the king of Israel saith unto Elisha, at his seeing them, `Do I smite -- do I smite -- my father?'
  • 2 Kgs 8:8-9 : 8 And the king saith unto Hazael, `Take in thy hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and thou hast sought Jehovah by him, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?' 9 And Hazael goeth to meet him, and taketh a present in his hand, even of every good thing of Damascus, a burden of forty camels, and he cometh in and standeth before him, and saith, `Thy son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?'
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 And Elisha hath been sick with his sickness in which he dieth, and come down unto him doth Joash king of Israel, and weepeth on his face, and saith, `My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 18:20-21
    2 verses
    82%

    20And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

    21and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.

  • Judg 18:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17yea, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up -- they have come in thither -- they have taken the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image -- and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate, and the six hundred men who are girded with weapons of war --

    18yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, `What are ye doing?'

  • Judg 18:2-6
    5 verses
    80%

    2And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, `Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

    3They `are' with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, `Who hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this `place?' and what to thee here?'

    4And he saith unto them, `Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'

    5And they say to him, `Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'

    6And the priest saith to them, `Go in peace; over-against Jehovah `is' your way in which ye go.'

  • Judg 17:7-13
    7 verses
    77%

    7And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he `is' a Levite, and he `is' a sojourner there.

    8And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

    9And Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, `A Levite `am' I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

    10And Micah saith to him, `Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth `in'.

    11And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

    12And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

    13and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'

  • Judg 17:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

    5As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13And they pass over thence `to' the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah.

    14And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, `Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.'

    15And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, --

  • 1 Sam 2:28
    72%

    28even to choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to Me for a priest, to go up on Mine altar, to make a perfume, to bear an ephod before Me, and I give to the house of thy father all the fire-offerings of the sons of Israel?

  • Num 16:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9is it little to you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them? --

    10yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee -- and ye have sought also the priesthood!

  • Judg 18:23-25
    3 verses
    71%

    23and call unto the sons of Dan, and they turn round their faces, and say to Micah, `What -- to thee that thou hast been called together?'

    24And he saith, `My gods which I made ye have taken, and the priest, and ye go; and what to me more? and what `is' this ye say unto me, What -- to thee!'

    25And the sons of Dan say unto him, `Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest men bitter in soul fall upon you, and thou hast gathered thy life, and the life of thy household;'

  • Num 18:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `Thou, and thy sons, and the house of thy father with thee, do bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou, and thy sons with thee, do bear the iniquity of your priesthood;

    2and also thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, and they are joined unto thee, and serve thee, even thou and thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony.

  • Jer 26:17
    71%

    17And certain of the elders of the land rise up, and speak unto all the assembly of the people, saying,

  • 2 Chr 13:9
    70%

    9`Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make to you priests like the peoples of the lands? every one who hath come to fill his hand with a bullock, a son of the herd, and seven rams, even he hath been a priest to No-gods!

  • 1 Sam 2:36
    70%

    36and it hath been, every one who is left in thy house doth come in to bow himself to him, for a wage of silver, and a cake of bread, and hath said, Admit me, I pray thee, unto one of the priest's offices, to eat a morsel of bread.'

  • Exod 18:19
    69%

    19`Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God is with thee: be thou for the people over-against God, and thou hast brought in the things unto God;

  • Num 27:20
    69%

    20and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.

  • Judg 18:27
    69%

    27And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire,

  • 1 Sam 1:17
    69%

    17And Eli answereth and saith, `Go in peace, and the God of Israel doth give thy petition which thou hast asked of Him.'

  • Exod 18:23
    69%

    23If thou dost this thing, and God hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, and all this people also goeth in unto its place in peace.'

  • Judg 19:18
    68%

    18And he saith unto him, `We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim -- thence I `am', and I go unto Beth-Lehem-Judah; and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man gathering me into the house,

  • 1 Sam 14:19
    68%

    19And it cometh to pass, while Saul spake unto the priest, that the noise which `is' in the camp of the Philistines goeth on, going on and becoming great, and Saul saith unto the priest, `Remove thy hand.'

  • Exod 19:6
    68%

    6and ye -- ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these `are' the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.'

  • 2 Kgs 6:3
    68%

    3And the one saith, `Be pleased, I pray thee, and go with thy servants;' and he saith, `I -- I go.'

  • Deut 1:14
    68%

    14and ye answer me and say, Good `is' the thing which thou hast spoken -- to do.

  • 1 Sam 2:15
    68%

    15Also before they make perfume with the fat -- then hath the priest's servant come in, and said to the man who is sacrificing, `Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he doth not take of thee flesh boiled, but raw;'

  • Judg 19:20
    67%

    20And the old man saith, `Peace to thee; only, all thy lack `is' on me, only in the broad place lodge not.'

  • Num 18:6
    67%

    6`And I, lo, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; to you a gift they are given by Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting;

  • Deut 18:5
    67%

    5for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.

  • Deut 17:9
    67%

    9and hast come in unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge who is in those days, and hast inquired, and they have declared to thee the word of judgment,

  • Ezek 24:19
    67%

    19And the people say unto me, `Dost thou not declare to us what these `are' to us, that thou art doing?'

  • Ezek 14:1
    67%

    1And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.

  • Judg 18:8
    67%

    8And they come in unto their brethren, at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren say to them, `What -- ye?'