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 |
Page 2 of 2. 69 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
No 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.
Read word by wordIn 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—
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordHe appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd 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.”
Read word by wordBakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordThus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
Read word by wordThen the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
Read word by wordThen the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
Read word by wordand the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
Read word by wordAnd you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’
Read word by wordYet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
Read word by wordBut the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by wordThey alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
Read word by wordIt will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordYou have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
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