1) guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch 1a) guard, watch, house of detention or confinement 1b) keeping, preserving 1c) charge, injunction 1d) office, function (ceremonial)
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H4931 — מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת
mish.me.ret · charge · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 26:5 · מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֔יbecause Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”Exodus 12:6 · לְמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶתYou must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.Exodus 16:23 · לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתHe told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”Exodus 16:32 · לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתMoses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”Exodus 16:33 · לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתSo Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”Exodus 16:34 · לְמִשְׁמָֽרֶת׃And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.Leviticus 8:35 · מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתYou must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”Leviticus 18:30 · מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗יYou must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”Leviticus 22:9 · מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗יThe priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.Numbers 1:53 · מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתBut the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”Numbers 3:7 · מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗וֹ · מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.Numbers 3:8 · מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתThey shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.Numbers 3:25 · וּמִשְׁמֶ֤רֶתThe duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,Numbers 3:28 · מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתThe number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.Numbers 3:31 · וּמִשְׁמַרְתָּ֗םTheir duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.Numbers 3:32 · מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתThe chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.Numbers 3:36 · מִשְׁמֶרֶת֮The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,Numbers 3:38 · מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת · לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתMoses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.Numbers 4:27 · בְּמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶתAll the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.Numbers 4:28 · וּמִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔םThis is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.Numbers 4:31 · מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶתThis is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,Numbers 4:32 · מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתand the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.Numbers 8:26 · מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת · בְּמִשְׁמְרֹתָֽם׃ פAfter that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”Numbers 9:19 · מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתEven when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.Numbers 9:23 · מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶתThey camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.Numbers 17:10 · לְמִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתThe LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”Numbers 18:3 · מִֽשְׁמַרְתְּךָ֔ · וּמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתAnd they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.Numbers 18:4 · מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.Numbers 18:5 · מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת · מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶתAnd you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.Numbers 18:8 · מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתThen the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.Numbers 19:9 · לְמִשְׁמֶ֛רֶתThen a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.Numbers 31:30 · מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתFrom the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”Numbers 31:47 · מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.Deuteronomy 11:1 · מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗וֹYou shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.Joshua 22:3 · מִשְׁמֶ֕רֶתAll this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.1 Samuel 22:23 · מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתStay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”2 Samuel 20:3 · מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.1 Kings 2:3 · מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת׀And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,2 Kings 11:5 · מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתand commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,2 Kings 11:6 · מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתa third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple—2 Kings 11:7 · מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתthe two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.1 Chronicles 9:23 · לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת׃So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.1 Chronicles 9:27 · מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶתThey would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.1 Chronicles 12:29 · מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתFrom Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.1 Chronicles 23:32 · מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת · מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת · וּמִשְׁמֶ֕רֶתSo the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.1 Chronicles 25:8 · מִשְׁמֶ֗רֶתThey cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.1 Chronicles 26:12 · מִשְׁמָר֖וֹתThese divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did.2 Chronicles 7:6 · מִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֣םThe priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.2 Chronicles 8:14 · מִ֠שְׁמְרוֹתָםIn keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.2 Chronicles 13:11 · מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתEvery morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.2 Chronicles 23:6 · מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתNo one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.2 Chronicles 31:16 · בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֖םIn addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—2 Chronicles 31:17 · בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתֵיהֶ֖םand to the priests enrolled according to their families in the genealogy, as well as to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to their responsibilities and divisions.2 Chronicles 35:2 · מִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֑םHe appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.Nehemiah 7:3 · מִשְׁמְרוֹת֙And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”Nehemiah 12:9 · לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת׃Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.Nehemiah 12:45 · מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת · וּמִשְׁמֶ֣רֶתThey performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.Nehemiah 13:30 · מִשְׁמָר֛וֹתThus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.Isaiah 21:8 · מִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔יThen the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.Habakkuk 2:1 · מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣יI will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.Zechariah 3:7 · מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣י“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.Malachi 3:14 · מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔וֹYou have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?