Bible Dictionary: Night: Divided Into Watches

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Exodus 14:24
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked to the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
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Judges 7:19
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.
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1 Samuel 11:11
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the middle of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
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Nehemiah 12:9
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were over against them in the watches.
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Psalm 63:6
When I remember you on my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.
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Psalm 119:148
My eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in your word.
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Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches 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 in the top of every street.
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Matthew 14:25
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
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Luke 12:38
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
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Library

November 16. "Watch Therefore, for Ye Know Neither the Day" (Matt. ...
... was not there. Life, like the old Jewish night, may be divided into three
watches, youth, maturity, old age. The summons to meet ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /november 16 watch therefore for.htm

The Night of Miracles on the Lake of Gennesaret
... of the night.' There was some difference of opinion among the Jews, whether the
night should be divided into three, or (as among the Romans) into four watches. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxx the night of.htm

Hymns on the Nativity. Hymn i. This is the Day that Gladdened Them ...
... [371] For Him Who by the tongues, to His Apostles divided earth. ... [379] That night
is fair, wherein He ... Let not aught that may disturb it enter into our watch! ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymns on the nativity hymn.htm

The Second Coming of Christ.
... not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at
cockcrowing, or in the morning [The night was then divided into four watches. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cxiv the second coming of.htm

On Creation
... are not all equal in dignity, but are divided into nine classes ... as the angel who
killed in one night 185,000 men ... If a friend received us into his house and did ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 4 on creation.htm

Appendix 2 Extracts from the Babylon Talmud
... [78] The Jews divided the night into three watches. [79] That is, they may be left
to consume on the altar from the time of evening sacrifice till then. ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/appendix 2 extracts from the.htm

Early Days
... The life of David is naturally divided into epochs, of which we ... the linked chorus
of day and night, are heralds ... till the fierce heat beats down into the deep ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/ii early days.htm

To the Disciples - Two Events and their Moral.
... Anciently, the Hebrews counted three night-watches; but afterwards, and probably
at the time of Christ, they divided the night into four watches (see the ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xiii to the disciples.htm

The Creation of Moving Creatures.
... yoke imposed by the blessing, reunite those who are divided. ... itself, how does its
water change into salt ... heart waketh," [1638] meditating day and night upon the ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily vii the creation of.htm

Egypt
... They fled by night, carrying with them the spoil ... The hardest of stones were carved
into living likenesses ... sparkling eyes, and long straight hair divided in the ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter v egypt.htm

Subtopics

Night

Night Hawk

Night Hawk: Forbidden As Food

Night used Figuratively

Night: Belongs to God

Night: Caused by God

Night: Commenced at Sunset

Night: Continued Until Sunrise

Night: Death

Night: Designed for Rest

Night: Divided Into Four Watches by the Romans