מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.

Derivation: feminine of H4929 (מִשְׁמָר);

Where it is used

• Ezekiel 40:46 and 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.”
• Ezekiel 44:8 And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’
• Ezekiel 44:14 Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
• Ezekiel 44:15 But 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.
• Ezekiel 44:16 They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
• Ezekiel 48:11 It 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.
• Habakkuk 2:1 I 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 “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 You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?