| Show Night Watches Were of 01 Military Origin The Jews like Ilke the Greeks and the Romans nomans divided the night Into military mili mill- tary tory watches Instead of hours each watch representing the period for which sentinels or pickets remained on duty duly The proper Jewish reckoning reckoning reckon reckon- ing recognized only three such watches entitled the first or beginning beginning begin ning of the watches the middle watch and the morning watch These Thess would from sunset to 10 lU o'clock 1 p. p in m frou from 10 p. p jn n to 2 n ft m. m and from 12 u. u m. m to tos to's sunrise Subsequent to the annexation of Palestine to the Homan empire as n a province pro the number num nura- her ber of or watches was Increased to four tour which were described either according according accord accord- ing to their numerical order as In the case of the fourth watch or by the terms even n cock crowing and morning Their terminated terminated noted respectively at 0 p. p m. m midnight midnight mid mid- night S 3 a. a m m. and 0 J 11 a. a m. m |
