Verse 19

And they answered him, Holde thy peace: lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs to be our father and Priest. Whether is it better that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto ye house of one man, or that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto a tribe and to a familie in Israel?

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 17:10 : 10 Then Michah said vnto him, Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a Priest, and I will giue thee ten shekels of siluer by yeere, and a sute of apparell, and thy meate and drinke. So the Leuite went in.
  • Job 21:5 : 5 Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
  • Job 29:9 : 9 The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.
  • Mic 7:16 : 16 The nations shall see, and be confounded for all their power: they shall lay their hande vpon their mouth: their eares shall be deafe.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth.
  • Matt 23:9 : 9 And call no man your father vpon the earth: for there is but one, your father which is in heauen.
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 (39:37) Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth. 5 (39:38) Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will proceede no further.
  • 2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 And the King of Israel sayde vnto Elisha when he sawe them, My father, shall I smite them, shall I smite them?
  • 2 Kgs 8:8-9 : 8 And the king sayd vnto Hazael, Take a present in thine hande, and goe meete the man of God, that thou mayest inquire of ye Lord by him, saying, Shall I recouer of this disease? 9 So Hazael went to meete him, and tooke the present in his hand, and of euery good thing of Damascus, euen the burden of fourtie camels, and came and stood before him, and sayde, Thy sonne Ben-hadad King of Aram hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recouer of this disease?
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 When Elisha fell sicke of his sickenesse whereof he dyed, Ioash the King of Israel came downe vnto him, and wept vpon his face, and sayd, O my father, my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen of the same.