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19 They said to him, “Keep quiet! Put your hand over your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one person or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?”(A)

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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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the nobles refrained from talking
    and laid their hands on their mouths;(A)

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

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“See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
    I lay my hand on my mouth.(A)

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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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