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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1 Samuel 18:6-7
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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) 7 And the women sang to one another as they made merry,
“Saul has killed his thousands
and David his ten thousands.”(B)
Footnotes
- 18.6 Or triangles or three-stringed instruments
2 Samuel 1:20
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20 Tell it not in Gath;
proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice;
the daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.(A)
Psalm 68:25
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25 the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them young women playing tambourines:(A)
Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with your tambourines
and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.(A)
Jeremiah 31:13
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13 Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.[a]
I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow.(A)
Footnotes
- 31.13 Cn: Heb old together
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