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This practice was essential for the protection of cities, camps, and other settlements, especially during times of war or unrest. The term "watch" is used both literally and metaphorically throughout the Scriptures, symbolizing vigilance, spiritual alertness, and readiness for the coming of the Lord.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the night was typically divided into three watches. This division is evident in several passages, such as in the account of Gideon. <a href="/judges/7-19.htm">Judges 7:19</a> states, "Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard." Here, the "middle watch" indicates the second of the three divisions of the night.<br><br>The concept of watches is also found in the Psalms, where the psalmist speaks of meditating on God's word during the night watches. <a href="/psalms/63-6.htm">Psalm 63:6</a> says, "When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night." This reflects a spiritual discipline of maintaining focus on God even during the quiet and solitude of the night.<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>By the time of the New Testament, the Roman influence had introduced a four-watch system, dividing the night into four three-hour periods. This is reflected in the Gospels. For instance, in <a href="/mark/13-35.htm">Mark 13:35</a> , Jesus warns, "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return&#8212;whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn." These time markers correspond to the four Roman watches: evening (6-9 PM), midnight (9 PM-12 AM), the rooster crowing (12-3 AM), and dawn (3-6 AM).<br><br>The metaphorical use of "watch" in the New Testament emphasizes spiritual vigilance. Jesus frequently instructed His disciples to "watch and pray" to avoid falling into temptation (<a href="/matthew/26-41.htm">Matthew 26:41</a>). The Apostle Paul also exhorted believers to be watchful, standing firm in their faith (<a href="/1_corinthians/16-13.htm">1 Corinthians 16:13</a>).<br><br><b>Symbolism and Spiritual Application</b><br><br>The concept of watches carries significant spiritual symbolism. It represents the need for constant vigilance in the Christian life, a theme echoed throughout Scripture. Believers are called to be alert and prepared for the return of Christ, as illustrated in the parable of the ten virgins (<a href="/matthew/25.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a>). The wise virgins kept watch and were ready when the bridegroom arrived, while the foolish ones were unprepared.<br><br>In addition to readiness for Christ's return, the idea of watches also pertains to prayer and spiritual warfare. <a href="/ephesians/6-18.htm">Ephesians 6:18</a> encourages believers to "pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints." This call to vigilance in prayer underscores the importance of being spiritually awake and engaged.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The biblical concept of watches, both in its literal and metaphorical senses, serves as a powerful reminder of the need for vigilance, readiness, and spiritual alertness. Whether guarding a city or one's heart, the practice of keeping watch is integral to a life of faith and devotion.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>The periods into which the time between sunset and sunrise was divided. They are so called because watchmen relieved each other at each of these periods. There are frequent references in Scripture to the duties of watchmen who were appointed to give notice of the approach of an enemy (<a href="/2_samuel/18-24.htm">2 Samuel 18:24</a>-27; <a href="/2_kings/9-17.htm">2 Kings 9:17</a>-20; <a href="/isaiah/21-5.htm">Isaiah 21:5</a>-9). They were sometimes placed for this purpose on watch-towers (<a href="/2_kings/17-9.htm">2 Kings 17:9</a>; <a href="/2_kings/18-8.htm">18:8</a>). Ministers or teachers are also spoken of under this title (<a href="/jeremiah/6-17.htm">Jeremiah 6:17</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/33-2.htm">Ezek. 33:2</a>-9; <a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm">Hebrews 13:17</a>).<p>The watches of the night were originally three in number, (1) "the beginning of the watches" (<a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Lamentations 2:19</a>); (2) "the middle watch" (<a href="/judges/7-19.htm">Judges 7:19</a>); and (3) "the morning watch" (<a href="/exodus/14-24.htm">Exodus 14:24</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/11-11.htm">1 Samuel 11:11</a>), which extended from two o'clock to sunrise. But in the New Testament we read of four watches, a division probably introduced by the Romans (<a href="/matthew/14-25.htm">Matthew 14:25</a>; <a href="/mark/6-48.htm">Mark 6:48</a>; <a href="/luke/12-38.htm">Luke 12:38</a>). (see <a href="../d/day.htm">DAY</a>.) <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n. pl.</I>) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3787.htm"><span class="l">3787. ophthalmodoulia -- eye service</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Transliteration: ophthalmodoulia Phonetic Spelling: (of-thal-mod-oo-li&#39;-ah) Short<br> Definition: service rendered only while the master <b>watches</b> Definition: eye <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3787.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6424.htm"><span class="l">6424. palas -- to weigh, make level</span></a><br><b>...</b> Origin denominative verb from peles Definition to weigh, make level NASB Word Usage<br> level (1), leveled (1), make (1), ponder (1), watch (1), <b>watches</b> (1), weigh <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6424.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm"><span class="l">8104. shamar -- to keep, watch, preserve</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), spare (1), spies (1), take care (1), take heed (5), take note (1), take...heed<br> (1), waiting (1), waits (1), watch (11), watched (1), <b>watches</b> (3), watching <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8104.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5341.htm"><span class="l">5341. natsar -- to watch, guard, keep</span></a><br><b>...</b> 10), observed (1), observes (1), preserve (10), preserves (1), reserve (1), secret<br> places (1), tends (1), watch (4), watcher (1), <b>watches</b> (1), watchman (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5341.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/821.htm"><span class="l">821. ashmoreth -- a watch</span></a><br><b>...</b> Short Definition: watch. Word Origin from shamar Definition a watch NASB<br> Word Usage watch (4), <b>watches</b> (3). watch. Or bashmuwrah {ash <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/821.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_of_the_greek_church/the_wily_judas_watches_near.htm"><span class="l">The Wily Judas <b>Watches</b> Near</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The wily Judas <b>watches</b> near. tr., John Brownlie 8,6,8,6,8,8. semeron gregorei ho<br> Ioudas. <b>...</b> III. ho autos. I. The wily Judas <b>watches</b> near. The Master&#39;s path to-day, <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns of the greek church/the wily judas watches near.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/book_of_hymns_for_public_and_private_devotion/559_l_m_breviary_night-watches.htm"><span class="l">LM Breviary. Night-<b>Watches</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> SUPPLEMENT. 559. LM Breviary. Night-<b>Watches</b>. 1 Throughout the hours of<br> darkness dim, Still let us watch and raise the hymn; And <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../559 l m breviary night-watches.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/god_who_always_watches_over.htm"><span class="l">God who Always <b>Watches</b> Over his People</span></a> <br><b>...</b> PSALMS GOD WHO ALWAYS <b>WATCHES</b> OVER HIS PEOPLE. I will lift up my eyes to<br> the hills; from whence comes my help? My help comes from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sherman/the childrens bible/god who always watches over.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_and_letters_of_st/chapter_x_that_all_things_exist.htm"><span class="l">That all Things Exist that they May Perish, and that we are not <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. Chapter X."That All Things Exist that They May Perish, and that<br> We are Not Safe Unless God <b>Watches</b> Over Us. 15. &quot;Turn <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter x that all things exist.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kinkead/baltimore_catechism_no_4/lesson_2_on_god_and.htm"><span class="l">On God and his Perfections</span></a> <br><b>...</b> A. God sees us and <b>watches</b> over us. &quot;<b>Watches</b>&quot; to protect, to reward or punish us.<br> He <b>watches</b> continually; He not only <b>watches</b>, but keeps us alive. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 2 on god and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/november_16_watch_therefore_for.htm"><span class="l">November 16. &quot;Watch Therefore, for Ye Know Neither the Day&quot; (Matt. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Life, like the old Jewish night, may be divided into three <b>watches</b>, youth,<br> maturity, old age. The summons to meet God may come to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /november 16 watch therefore for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gregory/the_epistles_of_saint_gregory_the_great/epistle_xlix_to_anastasius_bishop.htm"><span class="l">Epistle Xlix. To Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch .</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He also <b>watches</b> wisely over the sheep-fold of which he has taken charge, lest either<br> perverse men tear the sheep of God by speaking froward things, or <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xlix to anastasius bishop.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_lxxvii.htm"><span class="l">Psalm LXXVII.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> &quot;All mine enemies have anticipated <b>watches</b>&quot; (ver.4). All mine enemies have kept <b>...</b> Where<br> do they not lay traps? Have not mine enemies anticipated all <b>watches</b>? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxvii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/newcomb/a_practical_directory_for_young_christian_females/letter_ix_meditation.htm"><span class="l">Letter ix. Meditation.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> &quot;I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night-<b>watches</b>.&quot; &quot;Mine<br> eyes prevent the night-<b>watches</b>, that I might meditate in thy word.&quot; But, lest <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../a practical directory for young christian females/letter ix meditation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/naylor/heart_talks/talk_fifty-two_he_careth_for.htm"><span class="l">He Careth for You</span></a> <br><b>...</b> We are the work of his hands, and as such he is interested in our prosperity. He<br> <b>watches</b> over the development of our lives; he notes every step of progress. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk fifty-two he careth for.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/w/watches.htm"><span class="l"><b>Watches</b> (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The <b>watches</b> of the night were originally three in number, (1) &quot;the beginning of<br> the <b>watches</b>&quot; (Lamentations 2:19); (2) &quot;the middle watch&quot; (Judges 7:19); and (3 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/watches.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/night-watches.htm"><span class="l">Night-<b>watches</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Night-<b>watches</b>. Night-watch, Night-<b>watches</b>. Nile . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Night-<b>watches</b> (4 Occurrences). Luke 2:8 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/night-watches.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/watch.htm"><span class="l">Watch (203 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> guarding by night. 2. (n.) One who <b>watches</b>, or those who watch; a watchman,<br> or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard. 3. (n.) The <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/watch.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/night.htm"><span class="l">Night (3322 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The threefold division of the day into <b>watches</b> continued into post-exilic Roman<br> times; but the Roman method of four divisions was also known (Mark 13:35 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/night.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/meditate.htm"><span class="l">Meditate (37 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> YLT). Psalms 63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee<br> in the night <b>watches</b>. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/meditate.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/watchers.htm"><span class="l">Watchers (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/watchers.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/day.htm"><span class="l">Day (17670 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> at our nine o'clock, and &quot;the cool of the day&quot; just before sunset (Genesis 3:8).<br> Before the Captivity the Jews divided the night into three <b>watches</b>, (1) from <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/day.htm - 70k</font><p><a href="/topical/q/quaternion.htm"><span class="l">Quaternion</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 12:4). To four such companies Peter had been handed over, who would take their<br> turn of acting as guard over the prisoner, each of the four <b>watches</b> of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/q/quaternion.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/night-watch.htm"><span class="l">Night-watch</span></a><br>Night-watch. Nightwatch, Night-watch. Night-<b>watches</b> . Int. <b>...</b> See WATCH; TIME. <br> Nightwatch, Night-watch. Night-<b>watches</b> . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/night-watch.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unni.htm"><span class="l">Unni (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> NIV). Nehemiah 12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against<br> them in the <b>watches</b>. (KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unni.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/poetry-in-the-Bible.html">How should poetry in the Bible be interpreted? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Miriam-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Miriam in the Bible? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Daniel-four-beasts.html">What are the four beasts in Daniel chapter 7? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/watches.htm">Watches: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Watches (23 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/16-15.htm">Revelation 16:15</a></span><br />"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who <span class="boldtext">watches</span>, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-23.htm">1 Chronicles 9:23</a></span><br />And they and their sons 'are' over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by <span class="boldtext">watches</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-3.htm">Nehemiah 7:3</a></span><br />I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint <span class="boldtext">watches</span> of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone to be over against his house.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/12-9.htm">Nehemiah 12:9</a></span><br />Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the <span class="boldtext">watches</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV BBE DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/13-30.htm">Nehemiah 13:30</a></span><br />So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular <span class="boldtext">watches</span> fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15</a></span><br />The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying,'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/33-11.htm">Job 33:11</a></span><br />He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/33-14.htm">Psalms 33:14</a></span><br />From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth; <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/37-32.htm">Psalms 37:32</a></span><br />The wicked <span class="boldtext">watches</span> the righteous, and seeks to kill him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/63-6.htm">Psalms 63:6</a></span><br />when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night <span class="boldtext">watches</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Psalms 77:4</a></span><br />Thou hast taken hold of the <span class="boldtext">watches</span> of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-148.htm">Psalms 119:148</a></span><br />My eyes stay open through the night <span class="boldtext">watches</span>, that I might meditate on your word.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/121-3.htm">Psalms 121:3</a></span><br />May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/121-4.htm">Psalms 121:4</a></span><br />See, the eyes of Israel's keeper will not be shut in sleep.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/127-1.htm">Psalms 127:1</a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh <span class="boldtext">watches</span> over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalms 146:9</a></span><br />The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/5-21.htm">Proverbs 5:21</a></span><br />For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/16-17.htm">Proverbs 16:17</a></span><br />A highway of the upright 'is', 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:8</a></span><br />If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:4</a></span><br />He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Lamentations 2:19</a></span><br />Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the <span class="boldtext">watches</span>; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-16.htm">Lamentations 4:16</a></span><br />The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't favor the elders.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/9-8.htm">Hosea 9:8</a></span><br />A prophet <span class="boldtext">watches</span> over Ephraim with my God. 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