Verse 19

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?"

Referenced Verses

• Judg 17:10 : 10 Micah said to him, "Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten [pieces] of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food." So the Levite went in.
• Job 21:5 : 5 Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
• Job 29:9 : 9 The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
• Mic 7:16 : 16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
• Prov 30:32 : 32 "If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
• Matt 23:9 : 9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
• Job 40:4-5 : 4 "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. 5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
• 2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, "My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?"
• 2 Kgs 8:8-9 : 8 The king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, "Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'"
• 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"