Exodus 15:20
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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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Psalm 150:4
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4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!(A)
1 Samuel 18:6
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6 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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- 18.6 Or triangles or three-stringed instruments
Psalm 68:25
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25 the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them young women playing tambourines:(A)
Judges 11:34
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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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Numbers 26:59
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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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Micah 6:4
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4 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)
Psalm 149:3
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3 Let them praise his name with dancing,
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.(A)
Judges 4:4
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4 At that time Deborah, a prophet, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel.
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Luke 2:36
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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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2 Kings 22:14
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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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Exodus 2:4
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4 His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.(A)
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Acts 21:9
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9 He had four unmarried daughters[a] who had the gift of prophecy.(A)
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- 21.9 Gk four daughters, virgins,
Psalm 81:2
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2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine,
the sweet lyre with the harp.
Psalm 68:11
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11 The Lord gives the command;
great is the company of those[a] who bore the tidings:
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- 68.11 Or company of the women
Psalm 30:11
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11 You have turned my mourning into dancing;
you have taken off my sackcloth
and clothed me with joy,(A)
2 Samuel 6:14
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14 David danced before the Lord with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod.(A)
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1 Samuel 10:5
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5 After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim,[a] at the place where the Philistine garrison is; there, as you come to the town, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the shrine with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre playing in front of them; they will be in a prophetic frenzy.(A)
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- 10.5 Or the hill of God
Judges 21:21
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21 and watch; when the young women of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and each of you carry off a wife for himself from the young women of Shiloh and go to the land of Benjamin.(A)
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Numbers 20:1
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The Waters of Meribah
20 The Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there.(A)
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1 Corinthians 11:5
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5 but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled shames her head—it is one and the same thing as having her head shaved.
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2 Samuel 6:16
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16 As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.(A)
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2 Samuel 6:5
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5 David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the Lord with all their might, with songs[a] and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.(A)
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- 6.5 Q ms Gk: MT fir trees
Numbers 12:1
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Aaron and Miriam Jealous of Moses
12 While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had indeed married a Cushite woman),(A)
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1 Corinthians 14:34
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34 Women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak but should be subordinate, as the law also says.(A)
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