Exodus 15:20
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20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced.
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Psalm 150:4
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4 Praise him with the tambourine and dancing;
praise him with strings and flutes!
1 Samuel 18:6
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6 When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.[a]
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- 18:6 The type of instrument represented by the word cymbals is uncertain.
Psalm 68:25
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25 Singers are in front, musicians behind;
between them are young women playing tambourines.
Judges 11:34
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34 When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters.
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Numbers 26:59
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59 and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.
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Micah 6:4
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4 For I brought you out of Egypt
and redeemed you from slavery.
I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.
Psalm 149:3
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3 Praise his name with dancing,
accompanied by tambourine and harp.
Judges 4:4
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4 Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time.
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Luke 2:36
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The Prophecy of Anna
36 Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years.
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2 Kings 22:14
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14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the New Quarter[a] of Jerusalem to consult with the prophet Huldah. She was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, the keeper of the Temple wardrobe.
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- 22:14 Or the Second Quarter, a newer section of Jerusalem. Hebrew reads the Mishneh.
Exodus 2:4
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4 The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.
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Acts 21:9
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9 He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.
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Psalm 81:2
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2 Sing! Beat the tambourine.
Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
Psalm 68:11
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11 The Lord gives the word,
and a great army[a] brings the good news.
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- 68:11 Or a host of women.
Psalm 30:11
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11 You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
2 Samuel 6:14
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14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might, wearing a priestly garment.[a]
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- 6:14 Hebrew a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 10:5
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5 “When you arrive at Gibeah of God,[a] where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.
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- 10:5 Hebrew Gibeath-haelohim.
Judges 21:21
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21 When you see the young women of Shiloh come out for their dances, rush out from the vineyards, and each of you can take one of them home to the land of Benjamin to be your wife!
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Numbers 20:1
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Moses Strikes the Rock
20 In the first month of the year,[a] the whole community of Israel arrived in the wilderness of Zin and camped at Kadesh. While they were there, Miriam died and was buried.
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- 20:1 The first month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar usually occurs within the months of March and April. The number of years since leaving Egypt is not specified.
1 Corinthians 11:5
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5 But a woman dishonors her head[a] if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head.
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- 11:5 Or dishonors her husband.
2 Samuel 6:16
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Michal’s Contempt for David
16 But as the Ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she was filled with contempt for him.
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2 Samuel 6:5
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5 David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, singing songs[a] and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.
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- 6:5 As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version (see also 1 Chr 13:8); Masoretic Text reads before the Lord with all manner of cypress wood.
Numbers 12:1
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The Complaints of Miriam and Aaron
12 While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he had married a Cushite woman.
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1 Corinthians 14:34
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34 Women should be silent during the church meetings. It is not proper for them to speak. They should be submissive, just as the law says.
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