19 They told him, “Be quiet. Keep your mouth shut.[a](A) 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 for you to be a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

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Footnotes

  1. 18:19 Lit Put your hand on your mouth

19 They answered him, “Be quiet!(A) Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest.(B) Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan(C) in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?”

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City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.(A)

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the chief men refrained from speaking(A)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;(B)

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I am so insignificant. How can I answer you?(A)
I place my hand over my mouth.

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“I am unworthy(A)—how can I reply to you?
    I put my hand over my mouth.(B)

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