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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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 Chronicles 13:8
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8 David and all Israel were dancing before God with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.(A)
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Revelation 15:2-3
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2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.(A) 3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:
“Great and amazing are your deeds,
Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
King of the nations![a](B)
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- 15.3 Other ancient authorities read the ages
Revelation 14:2-3
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2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,(A) 3 and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who have been redeemed from the earth.
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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)
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- 31.13 Cn: Heb old together
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)
Psalm 150:3-5
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3 Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!(A)
4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!(B)
5 Praise him with clanging cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!(C)
Psalm 148:12-13
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12 Young men and women alike,
old and young together!
13 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for his name alone is exalted;
his glory is above earth and heaven.(A)
Psalm 87:7
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7 Singers and dancers alike say,
“All my springs are in you.”(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
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