Judges 18:19 meaning and explanation
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
Judges 18:19, Berean Standard Bible
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The six hundred armed Danites have just taken Micah's idols and ephod, and their spokesman silences the young Levite who served as Micah's hired priest. "Put your hand over your mouth" is a blunt idiom for shutting someone up.
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