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Lexicon :: Strong's H4931 - mišmereṯ

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מִשְׁמֶרֶת
Transliteration
mišmereṯ
Pronunciation
mish-mer'-reth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2414g

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth, 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H4931 in the following manner: charge (50x), ward (9x), watch (7x), keep (7x), ordinance (3x), offices (1x), safeguard (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H4931 in the following manner: charge (50x), ward (9x), watch (7x), keep (7x), ordinance (3x), offices (1x), safeguard (1x).

  1. guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch

    1. guard, watch, house of detention or confinement

    2. keeping, preserving

    3. charge, injunction

    4. office, function (ceremonial)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth, 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.
STRONGS H4931: Abbreviations
מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתּ 78 noun feminine guard, watch, also charge, function; — מ׳ absolute 2 Samuel 20:3 +, construct 2 Kings 11:5 +; absolute מִשְׁמָ֑רֶת Exodus 16:34; suffix מִשְׁמַרְתִּי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; plural מִשְׁמָרוֺת 1 Chronicles 9:23 +; construct מִשְׁמְרוֺת Nehemiah 7:3; suffix רוֺתָם - 2 Chronicles 7:6 +, תֵיהֶם - 2 Chronicles 31:17; —
†1. guard, watch: בֵּית מ׳ 2 Samuel 20:3 = house of detention, confinement; אַתָּה עִמָּדִי מ׳ 1 Samuel 22:23 i.e. protected, secure; with שָׁמַר keep the watch 2 Kings 11:5, 6, 7; 1 Chronicles 12:30 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:29); = post of watch (figurative) Isaiah 21:3 (|| מִעְפֶּה), Habakkuk 2:1 (|| מָצוֺר); plural = guards Nehemiah 7:3; 1 Chronicles 9:23.
†2. keeping, preserving, וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמ׳ Exodus 12:6 i.e. ye shall keep it; הִנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמ׳ Exodus 16:23; compare Exodus 16:32; Exodus 16:33; Exodus 16:34; Numbers 19:9 (all P).
†3. charge, injunction of י׳, with שָׁמַר, in general Deuteronomy 11:1 (+ חֻקוֺת, מִשְׁפָּטִים, מִצְוֺת), compare Genesis 26:5; 1 Kings 2:3, and (מִצְוַת י׳ מ׳) Joshua 22:3 (all RD), Malachi 3:14; of specific injunctions Leviticus 18:30; Numbers 9:19, 23.
4. a. ceremonial office or function (AV RV usually charge) of priest or Levite (P [especially Numbers], Ezekiel 40; Ezekiel 44; Ezekiel 48; Chronicles, Zechariah), mostly with שָׁמַר : מִשְׁכַּן הָלֵדוּת מ׳ Numbers 1:53, מִשְׁכַּן י׳ מ׳ Numbers 31:30, 47, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ מ׳ Ezekiel 44:15; Numbers 3:38, אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד מ׳ Numbers 18:4 compare Numbers 18:3, 1 Chronicles 23:32, הַקֹּדֶשׁ מ׳ Numbers 3:28, 32; Numbers 18:5; 1 Chronicles 23:32, קָדָשַׁי מ׳ (of Israel in general) Ezekiel 44:8, הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מ׳ Numbers 18:5; Ezekiel 40:46, תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י Numbers 18:8, הַבַּיִת מ׳ Ezekiel 40:45; Ezekiel 44:14, הַטָּהֳרָה מ׳ Nehemiah 12:45; with genitive (suffix) מ׳ שׁ׳ = perform the service imposed by, due to, Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 22:9; Ezekiel 44:8, 16; Ezekiel 48:11; Zechariah 3:7, אֱםהֵיהֶם מ׳ Nehemiah 12:45 (of Judah in general); הָעֵדָה מ׳ Numbers 3:7 a, בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ מ׳ Numbers 3:8, 38, בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֺן מ׳ Numbers 3:25; compare Numbers 3:7a.,Numbers 3:31, 36; Numbers 4:27, 28, 31, 32; Numbers 18:3; 1 Chronicles 23:32; also, in secular sense, בֵּית שָׁאוּל מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:30; מַשָּׂאָם מ׳ Numbers 4:31, מַשָּׂאָם כְּלֵי מ׳ Numbers 4:32 (Numbers 4:27 read with Greek Version of the LXX Di Gr Gray, etc. בְּשֵׁמוֺת for במ׳, and perhaps מִשְׁמֶרֶת after אֵת, compare Numbers 4:32); עֲלֵיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:27 i.e. the duty rested upon them; — 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:12 see I. עֻמָה c, d; עֹמְדִים עַלמֿ׳ 2 Chronicles 7:6 were standing according to (or in) their offices, הֱעֶמִיד עַל מ׳ appoint to their offices 2 Chronicles 8:14; 35:2.
b. plural of Levitical divisions for service Nehemiah 12:9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5; 26:5

Exodus

12:6; 16:23; 16:32; 16:33; 16:34; 16:34

Leviticus

8:35; 18:30; 22:9

Numbers

1:53; 3:7; 3:7; 3:8; 3:25; 3:28; 3:31; 3:32; 3:36; 3:38; 3:38; 4:27; 4:27; 4:28; 4:31; 4:31; 4:32; 4:32; 4:32; 9:19; 9:23; 18:3; 18:3; 18:4; 18:5; 18:5; 18:8; 19:9; 31:30; 31:47

Deuteronomy

11:1

Joshua

22:3

1 Samuel

22:23

2 Samuel

20:3; 20:3

1 Kings

2:3

2 Kings

11:5; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7

1 Chronicles

9:23; 9:23; 9:27; 12:29; 12:30; 12:30; 23:32; 23:32; 23:32; 25:8; 26:12

2 Chronicles

7:6; 7:6; 8:14; 31:17; 35:2

Nehemiah

7:3; 7:3; 12:9; 12:45; 12:45

Isaiah

21:3

Ezekiel

40; 40:45; 40:46; 44; 44:8; 44:8; 44:14; 44:15; 44:16; 48; 48:11

Habakkuk

2:1

Zechariah

3:7

Malachi

3:14

H4931

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Strong's Number H4931 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mišmereṯ),
which occurs 78 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 26:5–2Ch 13:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole congregation of the assembly of Israel shall kill it between the two evenings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - And he said to them, This is what Jehovah has said: To-morrow is the rest, the holy sabbath, of Jehovah: bake what ye will bake, and cook what ye will cook; and lay up for yourselves all that remains over, to be kept for the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread that I gave you to eat in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:33 - And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put in it an omer full of manna, and deposit it before Jehovah, to be kept for your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:34 - As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so Aaron deposited it before the Testimony, to be kept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:35 - And ye shall abide at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, that ye die not; for so I am commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not any of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:9 - And they shall keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die by it, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who do hallow them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - but the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there come not wrath upon the assembly of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - and they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole assembly, before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - And they shall keep all the utensils of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was: the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, who kept the charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all that belongs to its service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And the prince of princes of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: he had the oversight of them that kept the charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - And the charge of the sons of Merari consisted in the oversight of the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases, and all its furniture, and all that belongs to its service,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - And those who encamped before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron and his sons, who kept the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their carrying, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their carrying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting, and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - And this shall be the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and bases thereof,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords, all their instruments, according to all their service; and by name ye shall number to them the materials which are their charge to carry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - but he shall minister with his brethren in the tent of meeting, and keep the charge, but he shall not serve in the service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites with regard to their charges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - And when the cloud was long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:23 - At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Jehovah according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:10 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:3 - And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of the whole tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they may not die, and you as well as they.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - And they shall unite with thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and no stranger shall come near to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:5 - And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:8 - And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them, because of the anointing, and to thy sons by an everlasting statute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - And a clean man shall gather the ashes of the heifer, and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the assembly of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the small cattle, of every kind of beasts, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - ... of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, of man and of cattle, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - Thou shalt love then Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:3 - Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and ye have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:23 - Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5 - And he commanded them saying, This is the thing which ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:6 - and a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the couriers; and ye shall keep the watch of the house for a defence.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:7 - And the two parts of you, all those that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:23 - And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:27 - for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12 - Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - And the priests stood in their charges, and the Levites with Jehovah's instruments of music, which David the king had made to praise Jehovah, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, when David praised by their means; and the priests sounded the trumpets opposite to them, and all Israel stood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for *we* keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but *ye* have forsaken him.

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