49 occurrences

'Keep' in the Bible

He put the coat on him, making it tight with its band, and then the robe, and over it the ephod, with its band of needlework to keep it in place.

Verse ConceptsephodsRobes

And you are to keep watch for the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting day and night for seven days, so that death may not come to you: for so he has given me orders.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysPresented At The DoorwayDeath As Punishment

For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordLaw, OtSexual Sin, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterUnclean SpiritsPeople Polluting ThemselvesThe Lord Is GodBe Holy For I Am Holy

But if the mark on his skin is white, and does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is not turned white, then the priest will keep him shut up for seven days;

Verse ConceptsQuarantiningHealingLonelinessQuarantineSeven DaysShallownessWhite HairWhite SpotsSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And the priest is to see him on the seventh day; and if, in his opinion, the place on his skin has not become worse and is not increased in size, then the priest will keep him shut up for seven days more:

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSeven DaysDay 7Seven Days For Legal Purposes

But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

Verse ConceptsShallownessSeven DaysThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairSeven Days For Legal Purposes

But if, after looking at it, the priest sees that there is no white hair on the bright place, and it is not deeper than the skin, and is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

Verse ConceptsShallownessSeven DaysThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairSeven Days For Legal Purposes

While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.

Verse ConceptsCamps, Unclean ThingsQuarantiningQuarantineIsolated PersonsOutside The Camp

And he who is to be made clean will have his clothing washed and his hair cut and have a bath, and he will be clean. And after that he will come back to the tent-circle; but he is to keep outside his tent for seven days.

Verse ConceptsQuarantiningBathing, For CleansingHealingPurity, Nature OfShavingSanitation, DisinfectionQuarantineSeven DaysWashing ClothesClean ClothesSeven Days For Legal PurposesOutside The House

Then the priest will go out of the door of the house, and keep the house shut up for seven days:

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysShutting DoorsSeven Days For Legal Purposes

If the flow goes on or if the part is stopped up, to keep back the flow, he is still unclean.

Verse ConceptsDischarges

And let this be an order to you for ever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day, you are to keep yourselves from pleasure and do no sort of work, those who are Israelites by birth and those from other lands who are living among you:

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeDay Of AtonementNew Year, TheOrdinancesWork, And RestStrangersAfflicting Your SoulMonth 7Foreigners Included In The LawNo Work On Feast DaysHumbling Oneself

It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.

Verse ConceptsAfflicting Your SoulSabbaths Instituted

But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Is God

So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsI Am The LordLife Through Keeping The LawWorks Of The LawBlessings Of Obedience

So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

Verse ConceptsForeignersAliens, Believers DutyStrangersForeigners Included In The LawKeep The Commandments!Aliensextraterrestrials

So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsCustomPurity, Moral And SpiritualThe Lord Is GodHating Uncleanness

Keep my laws. Do not let your cattle have offspring by those of a different sort; do not put mixed seed into your field; do not put on a robe made of two sorts of cloth.

Verse ConceptsMulesFieldsAnimals, religious role ofSeedCultivationAnimal ReproductionNot MixingMixing MaterialsInstruction About ClothesKeep The Commandments!GarmentsAgricultureDrugs

You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsClaimsI Am The LordKeep The Commandments!

So then, keep my rules and my decisions and do them, so that the land which I am giving you as your resting-place may not violently send you out again.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!Eviction

And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.

Verse ConceptsCustomAbhorConformityExamples, Badevil, warnings againstMannersPollutionsEvil AssociationsNot Imitating EvilGod Hating People

Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceProfaning God's NameI Am The Lord

So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesRitual LawSin BearerStewardshipDeath Due To God's PresenceI Am The LordMaking People Holy

Let it be used for food on the same day; do not keep any part of it till the morning: I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsRemaining OfferingsI Am The LordPermitted To Eat Offerings

Say to the children of Israel, These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, which you will keep for holy meetings: these are my feasts.

Verse ConceptsFeastsProclaimingConvocationsFestivals Observed

These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, the holy days of worship which you will keep at their regular times

Verse ConceptsSeasons, Of LifeAppointments

The tenth day of this seventh month is the day for the taking away of sin; let it be a holy day of worship; you are to keep from pleasure, and give to the Lord an offering made by fire.

Verse ConceptsHolidayMonthNew Year, TheAutumnConvocationsAfflicting Your SoulMonth 7Humbling OneselfMonths

Let this be a Sabbath of special rest to you, and keep yourselves from all pleasure; on the ninth day of the month at nightfall from evening to evening, let this Sabbath be kept.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfCelebrationsAfflicting Your SoulMonth 7Sabbaths InstitutedHumbling OneselfRestcelebrating

But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same.

Verse ConceptsCropsDay 8Month 7Sabbaths Instituted

So that future generations may keep in mind how I gave the children of Israel tents as their living-places when I took them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsBoothsThe Lord Is GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.

So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!Obedience

And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

Verse ConceptsLiberalityethics, socialGenerosity, HumanGenerosity, Used TowardsLove To Others Shown InStrangersPoor PeopleLoving Foreigners

And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtPropertyslavery

If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!statuescommandmentsobeying

Then I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will keep in mind the land.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchAncestorsGod Remembering His CovenantGod Keeps Covenant

And the land, while she is without them, will keep her Sabbaths; and they will undergo the punishment of their sins, because they were turned away from my decisions and in their souls was hate for my laws.

Verse ConceptsAbhorRejection Of God

And because of them I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with their fathers, whom I took out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAncestorsGod Remembering His CovenantI Am The LordI Will Be Their GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod Keeps Covenantcovenant

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