Judges 18:19

“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and 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 a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”
World English Bible (WEB)
And they said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Hold thy peace{H2790}{(H8685)}, lay{H7760}{(H8798)} thine hand{H3027} upon thy mouth{H6310}, and go{H3212}{(H8798)} with us, and be to us{H1961}{(H8800)} a father{H1} and a priest{H3548}: is it better{H2896} for thee to be a priest{H3548} unto the house{H1004} of one{H259} man{H376}, or that thou be a priest{H3548} unto a tribe{H7626} and a family{H4940} in Israel{H3478}?
Strong's King James
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The F.O.G Paraphrase
and they say to him, ‘Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?’
Young's Literal Translation

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