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Judges 18:19-21
International Standard Version
Judges 18:19-21
International Standard Version
19 They told him, “Shut up and keep quiet.[a] Come with us and be our spiritual[b] father and priest. It’s better for you, isn’t it, to be a priest to an entire[c] tribe and family in Israel than to be priest to the home of one man?”
20 The priest was happy to oblige,[d] so he took the ephod, the household idols,[e] and the carved image and went along with the army. 21 Then they turned around and left, sending their little ones, their livestock, and their valuables on ahead.
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- Judges 18:19 Lit. and put your hand over your mouth
- Judges 18:19 The Heb. lacks spiritual; cf. Judg 17:10
- Judges 18:19 The Heb. lacks entire
- Judges 18:20 Lit. happy in heart
- Judges 18:20 Lit. teraphim; i.e. images of pagan gods used in divination
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