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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 11:6Paraded 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 33:2,3Vigilance 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 Next Topic (Water)