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David and the entire assembly[a] of Israel were dancing in the presence of the Lord with all of their strength, accompanied by all sorts of wood instruments,[b] harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

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  1. 2 Samuel 6:5 Lit. house
  2. 2 Samuel 6:5 Cf. 1Chr 13:8, where MT letters of the word cypress may be transposed as MT word song

David and all Israel were celebrating(A) with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,[a] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.(B)

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  1. 2 Samuel 6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs

And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

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