Translations
They said to him, 'Quiet! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better to serve as priest to one man's household, or to serve as priest to an entire tribe and clan in Israel?'
They said to him, 'Keep quiet! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us. Be a father and a kohen to us. Is it better to be a kohen to the household of one man, or a kohen to a tribe and clan in Yisrael?'
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: 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?
“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?”