‘charge’….. mentioned in the Old Testament (KJV)


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Psalms 91:11

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I am no preacher, but, am a prime sinner and living in this world in HIS mercy. For a sinner like me too, when I read “The Holy Bible” KJV,  the following verses were given in the context of “charge” from the Old Testament.

Genesis 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice,
and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes,
and my laws.

Genesis 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying,
He that toucheth this man
or his wife shall surely be put to death.

Genesis 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob,
and blessed him,
and charged him,
and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Genesis 28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob,
and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence;
and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying,
Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

Genesis 40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them,
and he served them:
and they continued a season in ward.

Genesis 49:29 And he charged them,
and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people:
bury me with my fathers in the cave
that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Exodus 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying,
Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river,
and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Exodus 6:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel,
and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt,
to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 19:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people,
lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze,
and many of them perish.

Exodus 19:23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai:
for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount,
and sanctify it.

Leviticus 8:35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
day and night seven days,
and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not:
for so I am commanded.

Numbers 1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony,
that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel:
and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

Numbers 3:7 And they shall keep his charge,
and the charge of the whole congregation
before the tabernacle of the congregation,
to do the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and the charge of the children of Israel,
to do the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon
in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle,
and the tent, the covering thereof,
and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

Numbers 3:28 In the number of all the males,
from a month old and upward,
were eight thousand and six hundred,
keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:31 And their charge shall be the ark,
and the table,
and the candlestick,
and the altars,
and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister,
and the hanging,
and all the service thereof.

Numbers 3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest
shall be chief over the chief of the Levites,
and have the oversight of them
that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari
shall be the boards of the tabernacle,
and the bars thereof,
and the pillars thereof,
and the sockets thereof,
and all the vessels thereof,
and all that serveth thereto,

Numbers 3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east,
even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward,
shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons,
keeping the charge of the sanctuary
for the charge of the children of Israel;
and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Numbers 4:27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons
shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites,
in all their burdens, and in all their service:
and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

Numbers 4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon
in the tabernacle of the congregation:
and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar
the son of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 4:31 And this is the charge of their burden,
according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation;
the boards of the tabernacle,
and the bars thereof,
and the pillars thereof,
and sockets thereof,

Numbers 4:32 And the pillars of the court round about,
and their sockets,
and their pins,
and their cords, with all their instruments,
and with all their service:
and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

Numbers 5:19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath,
and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee,
and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness
with another instead of thy husband,
be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

Numbers 5:21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing,
and the priest shall say unto the woman,
The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people,
when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot,
and thy belly to swell;

Numbers 7:13 And his offering was one silver charger,
the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:19 He offered for his offering one silver charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:25 His offering was one silver charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:31 His offering was one silver charger of the weight
of an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:37 His offering was one silver charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:43 His offering was one silver charger
of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels,
a silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:49 His offering was one silver charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:55 His offering was one silver charger of the weight
of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:61 His offering was one silver charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:67 His offering was one silver charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:73 His offering was one silver charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:79 His offering was one silver charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Numbers 7:84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed,
by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver,
twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:

Numbers 7:85 Each charger of silver weighing
an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy:
all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Numbers 8:26 But shall minister with their brethren
in the tabernacle of the congregation,
to keep the charge, and shall do no service.
Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

Numbers 9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days,
then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD,
and journeyed not.

Numbers 9:23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents,
and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed:
they kept the charge of the LORD,
at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 18:3 And they shall keep thy charge,
and the charge of all the tabernacle:
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar,
that neither they, nor ye also, die.

Numbers 18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee,
and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation,
for all the service of the tabernacle:
and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

Numbers 18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary,
and the charge of the altar:
that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

Numbers 18:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold,
I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings
of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel;
unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing,
and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

Numbers 27:19 And set him before Eleazar the priest,
and before all the congregation;
and give him a charge in their sight.

Numbers 27:23 And he laid his hands upon him,
and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 31:30 And of the children of Israel’s half,
thou shalt take one portion of fifty,
of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses,
and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts,
and give them unto the Levites,
which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

Numbers 31:47 Even of the children of Israel’s half,
Moses took one portion of fifty,
both of man and of beast,
and gave them unto the Levites,
which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD;
as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken
the sum of the men of war which are under our charge,
and there lacketh not one man of us.

Deuteronomy 1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying,
Hear the causes between your brethren,
and judge righteously between every man and his brother,
and the stranger that is with him.

Deuteronomy 3:28 But charge Joshua,
and encourage him, and strengthen him:
for he shall go over before this people,
and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

Deuteronomy 11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God,
and keep his charge, and his statutes,
and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

Deuteronomy 21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel,
whom thou hast redeemed,
and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge.
And the blood shall be forgiven them.

Deuteronomy 24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war,
neither shall he be charged with any business:
but he shall be free at home one year,
and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

Deuteronomy 27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

Deuteronomy 31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold,
thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua,
and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation,
that I may give him a charge.
And Moses and Joshua went,
and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Deuteronomy 31:23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge,
and said, Be strong and of a good courage:
for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land
which I sware unto them:
and I will be with thee.

Joshua 18:8 And the men arose, and went away:
and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land,
saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it,
and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

Joshua 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day,
but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

Joshua 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law,
which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you,
to love the LORD your God,
and to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments,
and to cleave unto him,
and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Ruth 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap,
and go thou after them:
have I not charged the young men
that they shall not touch thee?
and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels,
and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

1 Samuel 14:27 But Jonathan heard not
when his father charged the people with the oath:
wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand,
and dipped it in an honeycomb,
and put his hand to his mouth;
and his eyes were enlightened.

1 Samuel 14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said,
Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying,
Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day.
And the people were faint.

2 Samuel 3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth,
and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness
this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren,
and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David,
that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

2 Samuel 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying,
When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

2 Samuel 13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son,
let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee.
And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

2 Samuel 14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house,
and I will give charge concerning thee.

2 Samuel 18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying,
Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.
And all the people heard when the king gave
all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:12 And the man said unto Joab,
Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand,
yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son:
for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying,
Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

1 Kings 2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die;
and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

1 Kings 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God,
to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes,
and his commandments,
and his judgments,
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:

1 Kings 2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD,
and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

1 Kings 4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries
brought they unto the place where the officers were,
every man according to his charge.

1 Kings 11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour:
and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious,
he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

1 Kings 13:9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying,
Eat no bread, nor drink water,
nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

2 Kings 7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand
he leaned to have the charge of the gate:
and the people trode upon him in the gate,
and he died, as the man of God had said,
who spake when the king came down to him.

2 Kings 17:15 And they rejected his statutes,
and his covenant that he made with their fathers,
and his testimonies which he testified against them;
and they followed vanity,
and became vain,
and went after the heathen that were round about them,
concerning whom the LORD had charged them,
that they should not do like them.

2 Kings 17:35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant,
and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods,
nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

1 Chronicles 9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God,
because the charge was upon them,
and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

1 Chronicles 9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,
that they should bring them in and out by tale.

1 Chronicles 22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son,
and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding,
and give thee charge concerning Israel,
that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

1 Chronicles 22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed
to fulfil the statutes and judgments
which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel:
be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

1 Chronicles 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and the charge of the holy place,
and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren,
in the service of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father,
the courses of the priests to their service,
and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests,
as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate:
for so had David the man of God commanded.

2 Chronicles 13:11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense:
the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table;
and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof,
to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God;
but ye have forsaken him.

2 Chronicles 19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

2 Chronicles 30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified:
therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers
for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

2 Chronicles 31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward,
even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD,
his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

2 Chronicles 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers,
and the Levites from twenty years old and upward,
in their charges by their courses;

2 Chronicles 35:2 And he set the priests in their charges,
and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

2 Chronicles 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia,
All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me;
and he hath charged me
to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him,
and let him go up.

Ezra 1:2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me
all the kingdoms of the earth;
and he hath charged me
to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Ezra 1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold,
a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me
were chargeable unto the people,
and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver;
yea, even their servants bare rule over the people:
but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Nehemiah 7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani,
and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem:
for he was a faithful man,
and feared God above many.

Nehemiah 10:32 Also we made ordinances for us,
to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel
for the service of the house of our God;

Nehemiah 13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem
began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut,
and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath:
and some of my servants set I at the gates,
that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

Esther 2:10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred:
for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

Esther 2:20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people;
as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai,
like as when she was brought up with him.

Esther 3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed:
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those
that have the charge of the business,
to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

Esther 4:8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree
that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther,
and to declare it unto her,
and to charge her that she should go in unto the king,
to make supplication unto him,
and to make request before him for her people.

Job 1:22 In all this Job sinned not,
nor charged God foolishly.

Job 4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants;
and his angels he charged with folly:

Job 34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth?
or who hath disposed the whole world?

Psalms 35:11 False witnesses did rise up;
they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Psalms 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
to keep thee in all thy ways.

Song of Solomon 2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes,
and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up,
nor awake my love, till he please.

Song of Solomon 3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes,
and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up,
nor awake my love, till he please.

Song of Solomon 5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
if ye find my beloved,
that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

Song of Solomon 5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved,
O thou fairest among women?
what is thy beloved more than another beloved,
that thou dost so charge us?

Song of Solomon 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
that ye stir not up,
nor awake my love, until he please.

Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation,
and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge,
to take the spoil,
and to take the prey,
and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Jeremiah 32:13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

Jeremiah 35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab
our father in all that he hath charged us,
to drink no wine all our days,
we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

Jeremiah 39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
gave charge concerning Jeremiah
to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

Jeremiah 47:7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it
a charge against Ashkelon,
and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

Jeremiah 52:25 He took also out of the city an eunuch,
which had the charge of the men of war;
and seven men of them that were near the king’s person,
which were found in the city;
and the principal scribe of the host,
who mustered the people of the land;
and threescore men of the people of the land,
that were found in the midst of the city.

Ezekiel 9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying,
Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near,
even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

Ezekiel 40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber,
whose prospect is toward the south,
is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

Ezekiel 40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests,
the keepers of the charge of the altar:
these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi,
which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.

Ezekiel 44:8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things:
but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Ezekiel 44:11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary,
having charge at the gates of the house,
and ministering to the house:
they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people,
and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

Ezekiel 44:14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house,
for all the service thereof,
and for all that shall be done therein.

Ezekiel 44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok,
that kept the charge of my sanctuary
when the children of Israel went astray from me,
they shall come near to me to minister unto me,
and they shall stand before me to offer
unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

Ezekiel 44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary,
and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me,
and they shall keep my charge.

Ezekiel 48:11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok;
which have kept my charge,
which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray,
as the Levites went astray.

Zechariah 3:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
If thou wilt walk in my ways,
and if thou wilt keep my charge,
then thou shalt also judge my house,
and shalt also keep my courts,
and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

Matthew 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down: for it is written,
He shall give his angels charge concerning thee:
and in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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I am engaged in the computer field since 1977, particularly in Documentation, Desktop Publishing & Training field since 1986. The design work provides me creative satisfaction and motivates me to look for more challenging activities. I have a taste for Technical Writing. Presently, I am a Freelancer. My SME (Subject-Matter Expert) is "The Holy Bible (KJV)" and publishing the "Subject" from the Holy Bible only. I use CorelDraw X5 & X6 to create my flyers. I emphasize, that, I am no preacher, I am nothing special, but, an average man. Personally, I am from the bottom of the society, Tamil speaking 'Adhi-Dravida' community in Tamil Nadu, India. Father was Head-master of a municipal Higher Secondary School, passed at the age of 50 (05/05/1922 – 03/07/1972). Mother was a Teacher in a Municipal Higher Secondary School, passed after her retirement (08/04/1927 – 17/12/1993). Now I am living in New Delhi, India.

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