Judges 18:19 (KJV)

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And 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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lay thine.This was the token of silence. These men were evidently very ignorant; and absurdly concluded that they should, by taking Micah's gods, secure the presence and favour of the God of Israel, in their expedition and settlement. They perhaps supposed the piety of their motives, and the goodness of their end, would justify the means. But it was a base robbery of Micah, aggravated by the Levite's ingratitude, and their menaces. Job 21:5 Job 29:9 Job 40:4 Job 40:5 Pr 30:32 Mic 7:16

a father. Jud 17:10 2Ki 6:21 2Ki 8:8 2Ki 8:9 2Ki 13:14 Mt 23:9

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