Exodus 15:20

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Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

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  • 1 Sam 18:6 : 6 As David was returning after striking down the Philistine, women came from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, songs of joy, and musical instruments.
  • Judg 11:34 : 34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
  • Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes.
  • Num 26:59 : 59 The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. Jochebed bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
  • Judg 4:4 : 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
  • Exod 2:4 : 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
  • Mic 6:4 : 4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam ahead of you.
  • Ps 68:25 : 25 Your procession has been seen, O God—the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
  • Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them praise His name with dancing; let them make music to Him with tambourines and harps.
  • Ps 81:2 : 2 Sing joyfully to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
  • Luke 2:36 : 36 There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,
  • Judg 21:21 : 21 'Watch, and when the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dances, rush out from the vineyards and each of you seize a wife for yourself from the daughters of Shiloh. Then return to the land of Benjamin.'
  • 2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She was living in Jerusalem in the second district. They spoke to her.
  • Ps 30:11 : 11 Hear me, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my helper.
  • Ps 68:11 : 11 Your people settled in it; in Your goodness, O God, You provided for the poor.
  • 1 Sam 10:5 : 5 After that, you will come to the hill of God, where there are Philistine garrisons. As you approach the town, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.
  • Acts 21:9 : 9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
  • 1 Cor 11:5 : 5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head; it is the same as if her head were shaved.
  • 1 Cor 14:34 : 34 Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak but must be in submission, as the law says.
  • Num 12:1 : 1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.
  • Num 20:1 : 1 In the first month, the entire community of the Israelites came to the wilderness of Zin, and the people stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
  • 2 Sam 6:5 : 5 David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood—lyres, harps, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.
  • 2 Sam 6:14 : 14 David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out from the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart.

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