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.

⁶ 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.

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.

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.

⁴ Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

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;