Hakim-hakim 18:19-20

18:19 They said to him, “Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser ¹  and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?” ²  18:20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. ³ 

[18:19]  ¹ tn See the note on the word “adviser” in 17:10.

[18:19]  ² tn Heb “Is it better for you to be priest for the house of one man or for you to be priest for a tribe, for a clan in Israel?”

[18:20]  ³ tn Heb “and went into the midst of the people.”