This Old Testament word for ‘keeper’ is used elsewhere in the Bible. It is used to describe the work of the priests as they served and guarded the temple.67 The Temple was the place where God’s people met with God in a particular way. The Temple and the priests serving there were to be a reminder that God was redeeming the world and bringing life to all things. Priests were called to play a role in telling that story in the way they served and guarded, or kept, the temple. They were Temple-keepers, as well as keepers of this amazing, cosmic, redemptive story.
