Strong's Concordance H4931

Original Word: מִשְׁמֶרֶת
Transliteration: mishmereth
Phonetic Spelling: mish-mer'-reth
feminine of H4929; 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; charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 26:5 - Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, H4931 my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Exodus 12:6 - And ye shall keep H4931 it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

Exodus 16:23 - And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept H4931 until the morning.

Exodus 16:32 - And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept H4931 for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 16:33 - And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept H4931 for your generations.

Exodus 16:34 - As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. H4931

Leviticus 8:35 - Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge H4931 of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

Leviticus 18:30 - Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, H4931 that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 22:9 - They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, H4931 lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

Numbers 1:53 - But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge H4931 of the tabernacle of testimony.

Numbers 3:7 - And they shall keep his charge, H4931 and the charge H4931 of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:8 - And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge H4931 of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:25 - And the charge H4931 of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

Numbers 3:28 - In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge H4931 of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:31 - And their charge H4931 shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

Numbers 3:32 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge H4931 of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:36 - And under the custody and charge H4931 of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

Numbers 3:38 - But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge H4931 of the sanctuary for the charge H4931 of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Numbers 4:27 - At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge H4931 all their burdens.

Numbers 4:28 - This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge H4931 shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 4:31 - And this is the charge H4931 of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

Numbers 4:32 - And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge H4931 of their burden.

Numbers 8:26 - But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, H4931 and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. H4931

Numbers 9:19 - And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge H4931 of the LORD, and journeyed not.

Numbers 9:23 - At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge H4931 of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 17:10 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept H4931 for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

Numbers 18:3 - And they shall keep thy charge, H4931 and the charge H4931 of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

Numbers 18:4 - And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge H4931 of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

Numbers 18:5 - And ye shall keep the charge H4931 of the sanctuary, and the charge H4931 of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

Numbers 18:8 - And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge H4931 of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

Numbers 19:9 - And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept H4931 for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.

Numbers 31:30 - And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge H4931 of the tabernacle of the LORD.

Numbers 31:47 - Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge H4931 of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Deuteronomy 11:1 - Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, H4931 and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

Joshua 22:3 - Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge H4931 of the commandment of the LORD your God.

1 Samuel 22:23 - Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. H4931

2 Samuel 20:3 - And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, H4931 and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

1 Kings 2:3 - And keep the charge H4931 of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

2 Kings 11:5 - And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch H4931 of the king's house;

2 Kings 11:6 - And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch H4931 of the house, that it be not broken down.

2 Kings 11:7 - And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch H4931 of the house of the LORD about the king.

1 Chronicles 9:23 - So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. H4931

1 Chronicles 9:27 - And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge H4931 was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

1 Chronicles 12:29 - And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward H4931 of the house of Saul.

1 Chronicles 23:32 - And that they should keep the charge H4931 of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge H4931 of the holy place, and the charge H4931 of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 25:8 - And they cast lots, ward H4931 against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

1 Chronicles 26:12 - Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards H4931 one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 7:6 - And the priests waited on their offices: H4931 the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

2 Chronicles 8:14 - And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, H4931 to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

2 Chronicles 13:11 - And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge H4931 of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.