Numbers‬ ‭18:3‬(I)

“They shall keep guard over you and over the whole tent, …”

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭18:3‬

Keep H8104: To hedge about; to protect; to attend to; to watch.

“A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed.”

‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭4:12‬

“Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭5:15-17‬

“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7:6‬

Guard H4931: The post; safe

“Only hold fast what you have until I come.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2:25‬

“If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭10:4‬

“And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—”

‭‭Jude‬ ‭1:6‬

“I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3:11‬

Over…and over H4931: The post; safe

“One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭27:4‬

“And David lived in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.”

‭‭1 Chronicles‬ ‭11:7‬

“By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:13

“Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:24‬

“No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:12

“This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless.”

‭‭2 Samuel‬ ‭22:33‬

The whole tent

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:17-18‬

“And he said to him, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.’”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22:37-40