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WATCHMEN

Thompson Chain Reference (1934)

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Soldiers generally acted as

Citizens sometimes acted as

Paraded the streets at night to preserve order

Vigilance of, vain without God's protection

Were relieved by turns

Danger of sleeping on their posts, referred to

Neglecting to give warning punished with death

Often interrogated by passengers

WERE STATIONED

On watch towers

On the walls of cities

In the streets of cities

Around the temple in Jerusalem on special occasions

IN TIME OF DANGER

Increase in number

Vigilant night and day

Reported the approach of all strangers

Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of ministers

(Blind,) of careless ministers

(Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God