THEOSISJudges 18:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And they said to him: Hold thy peace, and put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel?
וַיֹּ֩אמְרוּ֩ ל֨וֹ הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ שִֽׂים־יָדְךָ֤ עַל־פִּ֙יךָ֙ וְלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔נוּ וֶֽהְיֵה־לָ֖נוּ לְאָ֣ב וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן הֲט֣וֹב ׀ הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ כֹהֵ֗ן לְבֵית֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד א֚וֹ הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ כֹהֵ֔ן לְשֵׁ֥בֶט וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 21:5Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
- Job 29:9The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.
- Judg 17:10And Michas said: Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee every year ten pieces of silver, and a double suit of apparel, and thy victuals.
- Mic 7:16The nations shall see, and shall be confounded at all their strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
- Prov 30:32There is that hath appeared a fool after he was lifted up on high: for if he had understood, he would have laid his hand upon his mouth.
- Job 40:4And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- Job 40:5Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
- Matt 23:9And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.