¹⁴ David danced before the Lord with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod.^(A)

The Child Samuel at Shiloh

¹⁸ Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod.^(A)

The Song of Miriam

²⁰ Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing.^(A)

Jephthah’s Daughter

³⁴ Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah, and there was his daughter coming out to meet him with timbrels and with dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter except her.^(A)

²³ Whatever task you must do, work as if your soul depends on it, as for the Lord and not for humans,

²⁸ I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to offer incense, to wear an ephod before me, and I gave to the family of your ancestor all my offerings by fire^[a] from the Israelites.^(A)

²⁵ “Now his elder son was in the field, and as he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.