מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת (mish.me.ret) means “charge” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: mish-mer'-reth Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת · mish.me.ret · charge
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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feminine of H4929 (מִשְׁמָר); watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
KJV glosses: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| charge | 11 |
| my charge | 5 |
| the duties | 5 |
| their duties | 4 |
| keep | 2 |
| that they are responsible | 2 |
| the charge | 2 |
| to be preserved | 2 |
| to the duties | 2 |
| according to their responsibilities | 1 |
| and keep it | 1 |
| and the service | 1 |
| and their duties | 1 |
| and to all the duties | 1 |
| and under | 1 |
| are responsible | 1 |
| as a service | 1 |
| as guards | 1 |
| duties | 1 |
| duties for him | 1 |
| for their duties | 1 |
| fulfill obligations | 1 |
| guard | 1 |
| had duties | 1 |
| his charge | 1 |
| his requirements | 1 |
| in charge | 1 |
| in the responsibilities | 1 |
| in the services | 1 |
| is the duty | 1 |
| kept | 1 |
| loyal to | 1 |
| my guard post | 1 |
| my instructions | 1 |
| my post | 1 |
| responsibilities | 1 |
| the requirement | 1 |
| the requirements | 1 |
| the responsibilities | 1 |
| the service | 1 |
| their posts | 1 |
| to be kept | 1 |
| to your duties | 1 |
| under guard | 1 |
| were responsible for guarding it | 1 |
| will be safe | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the charge | 19 |
| and the charge | 7 |
| my charge | 4 |
| of the charge | 4 |
| in their charges | 3 |
| the watch | 3 |
| to be kept | 3 |
| and their charge | 2 |
| his charge | 2 |
| mine ordinance | 2 |
| the ward | 2 |
| and charge | 1 |
| and it shall be kept | 1 |
| and the ward | 1 |
| and ye shall keep | 1 |
| because the charge | 1 |
| by wards | 1 |
| for the charge | 1 |
| for you to be kept | 1 |
| his ordinance | 1 |
| in my ward | 1 |
| in safeguard | 1 |
| of it to be kept | 1 |
| of my charge | 1 |
| of the watch | 1 |
| on their offices | 1 |
| over against them in the watches | 1 |
| the wards | 1 |
| thee the charge | 1 |
| them in ward | 1 |
| thy charge | 1 |
| to their charges | 1 |
| touching their charge | 1 |
| unto them in charge | 1 |
| upon my watch | 1 |
| ward | 1 |
| wards | 1 |
| watches | 1 |
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because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordHe 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.’”
Read word by wordMoses 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.’”
Read word by wordSo 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.”
Read word by wordAnd Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordYou 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.”
Read word by wordYou 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.”
Read word by wordThe priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Read word by wordBut 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.”
Read word by wordThey are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordThe 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,
Read word by wordThe number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
Read word by wordTheir 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.
Read word by wordThe chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
Read word by wordThe 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,
Read word by wordMoses, 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.
Read word by wordAll 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.
Read word by wordThis 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.
Read word by wordThis 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,
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordAfter 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.”
Read word by wordEven when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.25
And 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.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordAnd you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordFrom 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.”
Read word by wordFrom 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.
Read word by wordYou shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
Read word by wordAll 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.
Read word by wordStay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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,
Read word by wordand 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,
Read word by worda 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—
Read word by wordthe two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
Read word by wordSo they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
Read word by wordThey would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
Read word by wordFrom Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.30
So 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.
Read word by wordThey cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.
Read word by wordThese divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordIn 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.
Read word by wordEvery 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.
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