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Watchmen

Soldiers generally acted as—Mt 27:65,66

Citizens sometimes acted as—Ne 7:3

WERE STATIONED

• On watch towers
• —2Ki 9:17; Isa 21:5
• On the walls of cities
• —Isa 62:6
• In the streets of cities
• —Ps 127:1
• Around the temple in Jerusalem on special occasions
• —2Ki 11:6

Paraded the streets at night to preserve order—So 3:3; 5:7

IN TIME OF DANGER

• Increase in number
• —Jer 51:12
• Vigilant night and day
• —Ne 4:9; Isa 21:8
• Reported the approach of all strangers
• —2Sa 18:24-27; 2Ki 9:18-20; Isa 21:6,7,9
• Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies
• —Eze 33:2,3

Vigilance of, vain without God's protection—Ps 127:1

Were relieved by turns—Ne 7:3

Danger of sleeping on their posts, referred to—Mt 28:13,14

Neglecting to give warning punished with death—Eze 33:6

Often interrogated by passengers—Isa 21:11

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of ministers
• —Isa 5:28; 62:6; Eze 3:17; Heb 13:17
• (Blind,) of careless ministers
• —Isa 56:10
• (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God
• —Ps 130:5,6