Treasury of Scripture
they kept
Numbers 9:19 And when the cloud tarried long on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD...
Genesis 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Joshua 22:3 You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
Ezekiel 44:8 And you have not kept the charge of my holy things: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Zechariah 3:7 Thus said the LORD of hosts; If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you shall also judge my house...
Some of the Levites may have been appointed to watch the moving of the pillar, and to give timely notice to the camp of its beginning to stir; and this is called 'keeping the charge of the Lord.' It is uncomfortable staying when God is departed, but very safe and pleasant going, when we see God go before us, and resting where he appoints us to rest.