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Watchmen

 

Watchmen

Soldiers generally acted as - Mt 27:65,66

Citizens sometimes acted as - Ne 7:3

WERE STATIONED

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

IN TIME OF DANGER

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

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