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the Third Week after Easter
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Watchmen
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- Soldiers generally acted as
Matthew 27:65,66 - Citizens sometimes acted as
Nehemiah 7:3 - WERE STATIONED
- On watch towers
2 Kings 9:17; Isaiah 21:5
- On the walls of cities
Isaiah 62:6
- In the streets of cities
Psalm 127:1
- Around the temple in Jerusalem on special occasions
2 Kings 11:6
- On watch towers
- Paraded the streets at night to preserve order
Song of Solomon 3:3; 5:7 - IN TIME OF DANGER
- Increase in number
Jeremiah 51:12
- Vigilant night and day
Nehemiah 4:9; Isaiah 21:8
- Reported the approach of all strangers
2 Samuel 18:24-27; 2 Kings 9:18-20; Isaiah 21:6,7,9
- Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies
Ezekiel 33:2,3
- Increase in number
- Vigilance of, vain without God's protection
Psalm 127:1 - Were relieved by turns
Nehemiah 7:3 - Danger of sleeping on their posts, referred to
Matthew 28:13,14 - Neglecting to give warning punished with death
Ezekiel 33:6 - Often interrogated by passengers
Isaiah 21:11 - ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of ministers
Isaiah 5:28; 62:6; Ezekiel 3:17; Hebrews 13:17
- (Blind,) of careless ministers
Isaiah 56:10
- (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God
Psalm 130:5,6
- Of ministers
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Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Watchmen'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ttt/​w/watchmen.html. 1897.
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Watchmen'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ttt/​w/watchmen.html. 1897.