Guard מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Sep 26, 2026 · 4m

We are moving into Numbers chapter three with our word for today. מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת guard, what is to be held in trust, obligation, service, duty, charge. It is used 78 times in the Old Testament, 10 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of allegiance, the loyalty that citizens owe to their country, or subjects owe their sovereign. 1 Chronicles 12:29 Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the majority had to that point kept their מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת allegiance to the house of Saul. We find our word used in the sense of post, the position where someone stands or is assigned…