KJV King James Version
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
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Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
WEB World English Bible
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
ASV American Standard Version
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;
Surrounding context — Exodus 15
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, [in] the place, O LORD, [which] thou hast made for thee to dwell in, [in] the Sanctuary, O Lord, [which] thy hands have established.
18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry [land] in the midst of the sea.
20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
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וַתִּקַּח֩H3947 · la.qachto take: takeמִרְיָ֨םH4813 · mir.yamMiriamהַנְּבִיאָ֜הH5031 · ne.vi.ahprophetessאֲח֧וֹתH269 · a.chotsisterאַהֲרֹ֛ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַתֹּ֖ףH8596 · tophtambourineבְּיָדָ֑הּH3027 · yadhandוַתֵּצֶ֤אןָH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeכָֽל־H3605 · kolallהַנָּשִׁים֙H802 · ish.shahwomanאַחֲרֶ֔יהָH310 · a.charafterבְּתֻפִּ֖יםH8596 · tophtambourineוּבִמְחֹלֹֽת׃H4246 · me.cho.lahdance
Cross-references
Psalm 150:4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.1 Samuel 18:6And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.Psalm 68:25The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.Psalm 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.Judges 11:34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.Psalm 81:2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.Judges 4:4And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.Micah 6:4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.Numbers 26:59And the name of Amram’s wife [was] Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom [her mother] bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.Psalm 68:11The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].Exodus 2:4And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.Luke 2:36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;Psalm 30:11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;2 Kings 22:14So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.Acts 21:9And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.2 Samuel 6:14And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.1 Samuel 10:5After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:Numbers 20:1Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
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