Judges 18:19
King James VersionSource notes
“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: 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?”
Context
16And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
17And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, came in thither, took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
18And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
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: 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?
20And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
21So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
22when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.