19 They said to him, “Be silent, (A)put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us (B)a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?” 20 The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod and [a]household idols and the graven image and went among the people.

21 Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the valuables in front of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:20 Heb teraphim