SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:19
Y ellos le respondieron: Calla, pon la mano sobre tu boca, y vente con nosotros, para que seas nuestro padre y sacerdote. ¿Es mejor que seas tú sacerdote en casa de un hombre solo, que de una tribu y familia de Israel?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Judges 18:19
Verse 19. Lay thine hand upon thy mouth] This was the token of silence. The god of silence, Harpocrates, is represented on ancient statues with his finger pressed on his lips.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And they said unto him, hold thy peace , etc.] Be silent, make no disturbance, be quiet and easy: lay thy hand upon thy mouth ; as a token of silence; so the Egyptians used to paint Harpocrates, the god of silence, with his fingers pressing his lips: and go with us ; for they wanted him as well as his gods, not knowing well how to make use of them without him: and be to us a father and a priest ; to direct them, instruct them, perform acts of devotion for them, and ask counsel on their account; it seems as if it was common in those days to call a priest a father, (see Judges 17:10) is it 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 ? suggesting, that it must be much more honourable for him, and more to his advantage, to officiate as a priest to a body of people, that might be called a tribe, or to a family consisting of various houses, than in the house of a private person; this they left him to consider and judge of.
Matthew Henry Commentary
The Danites seek to enlarge their inheritance, and rob Micah.
--The Danites determined to take Micah's gods with them. Oh the foll of these Danites! How could they imagine those gods should protec them, that could not keep themselves from being stolen! To take the for their own use, was a double crime; it showed they neither feare God, nor regarded man, but were lost both to godliness and honesty What a folly was it for Micah to call those his gods, which he ha made, when He only is to be worshipped by us as God, that made us! Tha is put in God's place, which we are concerned about, as if our all wer bound up in it. If people will walk in the name of their false gods much more should we love and serve the true God __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויאמרו 559 לו החרשׁ 2790 שׂים 7760 ידך 3027 על 5921 פיך 6310 ולך 1980 עמנו 5973 והיה 1961 לנו לאב 1 ולכהן 3548 הטוב 2896 היותך 1961 כהן 3548 לבית 1004 אישׁ 376 אחד 259 או 176 היותך 1961 כהן 3548 לשׁבט 7626 ולמשׁפחה 4940 בישׂראל׃ 3478
