13 occurrences

'Kept' in the Bible

So they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the waste land of Sinai: as the Lord gave orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did.

Verse ConceptsTwilight

Nothing of it is to be kept till the morning, and no bone of it is to be broken: they are to keep it by the rules of the Passover.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambLord's SupperOrdinancesRemaining OfferingsNo Bones Broken

Sometimes the cloud was resting on the House for two or three days; then, by the order of the Lord, they kept their tents in that place, and when the Lord gave the order they went on.

Verse ConceptsSeveral DaysCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

At the word of the Lord they put up their tents, and at the word of the Lord they went forward on their journey: they kept the orders of the Lord as he gave them by Moses.

Verse ConceptsDivine DirectionSetting OutCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesStrangersExclusion

And the Lord said to Moses, Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ContentsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionRebellion, Against GodAaron, Life EventsDeath Due To God's PresenceDo Not GrumbleThings As Signsrebellion

Then let a man who is clean take the dust of the burned cow and put it outside the tent-circle in a clean place, where it is to be kept for the children of Israel and used in making the water which takes away what is unclean: it is a sin-offering.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, Believers' Growth InAnimal Sacrifices, BurntOutside The CampMeans Of PurifyingClean ObjectsBeing Cleansed From Sin

And he said to them, Take your rest here tonight, and I will give you an answer after hearing what the Lord says; so the chiefs of Moab kept there with Balaam that night.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyPrincesOvercoming Adversity

And the ass saw me, turning to one side from me three times: if she had not gone to one side, I would certainly have put you to death and kept her safe.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGod KillingSeeing AngelsActing Three TimesGod Killing Individuals

Go back quickly to the place you came from: it was my purpose to give you a place of honour, but now the Lord has kept you back from honour.

Verse ConceptsReward, HumanGod HinderingNo Reward

And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By Men

And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,

Verse ConceptsHalf Of Possessions

And were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their property was kept in the tribe of their father's family

Bible Theasaurus

Celebrate (93 instances)
Continue (334 instances)
Maintain (89 instances)
Observe (357 instances)
Prevent (56 instances)
Proceed (70 instances)
Retain (38 instances)
Sustain (46 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain