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Psalm 68:25
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,
23that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
24They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,
26“Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!”
27There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
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Tambourines sound among the singers and musicians in God’s procession, making praise something you can picture people taking part in together, with voices and bodies.
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Exodus 15:20Miriam 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.Women playing tambourines appear in both scenes, with Miriam leading the women in Exodus and singers leading the procession in the psalm.
Psalm 68:11The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.Both verses describe people taking part together: a company proclaiming the Lord’s word and a procession with singers and musicians.
1 Chronicles 13:8David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with …Both scenes combine singing with musical instruments, including tambourines, as people take part in a celebration before God.
Judges 11:34Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child. Besides her he …Both scenes feature women with tambourines, though Jephthah’s daughter comes to meet her father and the psalm describes God’s procession.
1 Samuel 18:6As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul …Women with tambourines take part in both public celebrations, and both passages describe music accompanying people coming out or moving in procession.
Psalm 92:3with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.Both verses name instrumental music, with tambourines in Psalm 68 and stringed instruments in Psalm 92.
2 Chronicles 5:12also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and …Both passages describe singers together with instrumental musicians in a setting of worship, naming the people who make the music.
Revelation 15:2–3I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, …Both scenes include people with musical instruments in relation to God, though Revelation names harps rather than tambourines.
Revelation 14:2–3I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on …Instrumental sound links these passages: the psalm describes musicians, while Revelation compares a sound from heaven to harpists playing.
Psalm 77:13Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?The sanctuary links Psalm 77’s declaration about God’s way with the setting of the musical procession in Psalm 68.
Psalm 148:12both young men and maidens, old men and children.Both verses name women within a larger group, while Psalm 148 also names men and children across different ages.
1 Chronicles 15:28Thus all Israel brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with …Both passages describe a procession accompanied by music, with Israel bringing up the ark in Chronicles and God’s procession entering the sanctuary in Psalm 68.
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Your voice joins other voices when you sing with God’s people. In this procession, singers and musicians share in praise directed toward God, their King.
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