* lay thine.
   This was the token of silence.  These men were evidently very
   ignorant; and absurdly concluded that they should, by taking
   Micah's gods, secure the presence and favour of the God of
   Israel, in their expedition and settlement.  They perhaps
   supposed the piety of their motives, and the goodness of their
   end, would justify the means.  But it was a base robbery of
   Micah, aggravated by the Levite's ingratitude, and their
   menaces.

  Job 21:5  29:9  40:4,5  Pr 30:32  Mic 7:16 
 * a father.
  17:10  2Ki 6:21  8:8,9  13:14  Mt 23:9