Judges 18:19

19. Lay thine hand upon thy mouth A proverbial expression for maintaining utter silence.

Better for thee “Almost in the same words was the like bribe offered by one of the greatest religious houses of England to the monk who guarded the shrine of one of the most sacred relics in the ancient cathedral of Canterbury: ‘Give us the portion of St. Thomas’ skull which is in thy custody and thou shalt be Abbot of St. Augustine’s.’ As Roger accepted the bait in the twelfth century after the Christian era, so did the Levite in the fifteenth century before it.” Stanley.