19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
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Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-26)The Danites had sent out their spies to find out a country for them, and they sped well in their search; but here, now that they came to the place (for till this brought it to their mind it does not appear that they had mentioned it to their brethren), they oblige them with a further discovery—they can tell them where there are gods: “Here, in these houses , there are an ephod, and teraphim, and a…
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