Verse 19

They aunswered hym: Holde thy peace, lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs, to be our father and priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest vnto the house of one man, then to be a priest vnto a tribe or kynred in Israel?

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 17:10 : 10 And Micah sayde agayne vnto hym: Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a prieste, and I will geue thee ten syluerlynges by yere, two garmentes, and thy meate and dryncke. So the Leuite went in.
  • Job 21:5 : 5 Marke me well and be abashed, and lay your hande vpon your mouth.
  • Job 29:9 : 9 The princes left of their talking, and layed their hand to their mouth:
  • Mic 7:16 : 16 This shall the heathen see, and be ashamed for all their power: so that they shall lay their hande vpon their mouth, and stoppe their eares.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly when thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle, then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth.
  • Matt 23:9 : 9 And call no man your father, vpon the earth: for one is your father, which is in heauen.
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth. 5 Once haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more: yea twyse, but I wyl proceede no further.
  • 2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 And the king of Israel sayde vnto Elisa when he sawe them: My father, shall I smyte them, shall I smyte them?
  • 2 Kgs 8:8-9 : 8 And the king sayd vnto Hazael: Take a present in thyne hande, and go meete the man of God, that thou mayest inquire of the Lord by him, saying: Shal I recouer of this disease? 9 And so Hazael went to meete him, and toke the present with him, and of euery good thing of Damascon, euen as much as fourtie camels coulde beare: & came and presented him selfe before him, and said: Thy sonne Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying: Shal I recouer of this disease?
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 When Elisa was fallen sicke of his sicknesse whereof he dyed, Ioas the king of Israel came downe vnto him, and wept before him, and saide: O my father, my father, the charet of Israel, & the horsemen of the same.