The Song of Miriam(A)

20 Then Miriam (B)the prophetess, (C)the sister of Aaron, (D)took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her (E)with timbrels and with dances.

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Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!

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praise him with timbrel and dancing,(A)
    praise him with the strings(B) and pipe,(C)

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Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the [a]Philistine, that (A)the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:6 Philistines

When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing,(A) with joyful songs and with timbrels(B) and lyres.

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25 (A)The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.

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25 In front are the singers,(A) after them the musicians;(B)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.(C)

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Jephthah’s Daughter

34 When Jephthah came to his house at (A)Mizpah, there was (B)his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

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34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing(A) to the sound of timbrels!(B) She was an only child.(C) Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.

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59 The name of Amram’s wife was (A)Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

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59 the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed,(A) a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites[a] in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses(B) and their sister(C) Miriam.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 26:59 Or Jochebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi

(A)For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

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I brought you up out of Egypt(A)
    and redeemed you from the land of slavery.(B)
I sent Moses(C) to lead you,
    also Aaron(D) and Miriam.(E)

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(A)Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.

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Let them praise his name with dancing(A)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.(B)

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Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

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Now Deborah,(A) a prophet,(B) the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging

Anna Bears Witness to the Redeemer

36 Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of (A)Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

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36 There was also a prophet,(A) Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

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14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of (A)Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her.

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14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet(A) Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.

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(A)And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

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His sister(A) stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

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Now this man had four virgin daughters (A)who prophesied.

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He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.(A)

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