Exodus 15:20 “Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her h…”

Exodus 15:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Miriam the prophetesse, sister of Aaron tooke a timbrell in her hande, and all the women came out after her with timbrels and daunces.

Darby Translation

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances.

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;

Bible in Basic English

And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.

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Cross references

“prophetess”

Judges 4:4 2 Kings 22:14 Luke 2:36 1 Samuel 10:5 Acts 21:9 1 Corinthians 11:5

Judges 4:4 · BSB

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

2 Kings 22:14 · BSB

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second…

Luke 2:36 · BSB

There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

1 Samuel 10:5 · BSB

After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and l…

Acts 21:9 · BSB

He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

1 Corinthians 11:5 · BSB

And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

“sister”

Numbers 26:59 Micah 6:4 Exodus 2:4 Numbers 20:1 Numbers 12:1

Numbers 26:59 · BSB

and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

Micah 6:4 · BSB

For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.

Exodus 2:4 · BSB

And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

Numbers 20:1 · BSB

In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

Numbers 12:1 · BSB

Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

“all the”

Psalm 150:4 1 Samuel 18:6 Psalm 68:25 Psalm 149:3 Judges 11:34 Psalm 81:2

Psalm 150:4 · BSB

Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

1 Samuel 18:6 · BSB

As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instru…

Psalm 68:25 · BSB

The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.

Psalm 149:3 · BSB

Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

Judges 11:34 · BSB

And when Jephthah returned home to 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.

Psalm 81:2 · BSB

Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

Also

Psalm 30:11

Psalm 30:11 · BSB

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

21And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

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