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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)

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Praise him with tambourine and dance;
    praise him with strings and pipe!(A)

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

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As they were coming home, when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 18.6 Or triangles or three-stringed instruments

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 the singers in front, the musicians last,
    between them young women playing tambourines:(A)

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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 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)

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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 Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.(A)

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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

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

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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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Let them praise his name with dancing,
    making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.(A)

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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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At that time Deborah, a prophet, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel.

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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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  1. Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging

36 There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,(A)

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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 the priest Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the prophet Huldah the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; she resided in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter, where they consulted her.(A)

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

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

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He had four unmarried daughters[a] who had the gift of prophecy.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21.9 Gk four daughters, virgins,

He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.(A)

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