WATCHMEN
WATCHMEN
- Soldiers generally acted as # Mt 27:65,66
- Citizens sometimes acted as # Ne 7:3
- WERE STATIONED 3a) On watch towers
# 2Ki 9:17 Isa 21:5
3b) On the walls of cities # Isa 62:6 3c) In the streets of cities # Ps 127:1 3d) Around the temple in Jerusalem on special occasions # 2Ki 11:6 4) Paraded the streets at night to preserve order # So 3:3 5:7 5) IN TIME OF DANGER 5a) Increase in number # Jer 51:12 5b) Vigilant night and day # Ne 4:9 Isa 21:8 5c) Reported the approach of all strangers # 2Sa 18:24-27 2Ki 9:18-20 Isa 21:6,7,9 5d) Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies # Eze 33:2,3 6) Vigilance of, vain without God’s protection # Ps 127:1 7) Were relieved by turns # Ne 7:3 8) Danger of sleeping on their posts, referred to # Mt 28:13,14 9) Neglecting to give warning punished with death # Eze 33:6 10) Often interrogated by passengers # Isa 21:11 11) ILLUSTRATIVE 11a) Of ministers # Isa 5:28 62:6 Eze 3:17 Heb 13:17 11b) (Blind,) of careless ministers # Isa 56:10 11c) (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God # Ps 130:5,6