Quotes about Priest

When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.

Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”

Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.

Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”

And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”

And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.

After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.