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Exd 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

prophetess		Jdg 4:4; 1Sa 10:5; 2Ki 22:14; Luk 2:36; Act 21:9; 1Cr 11:5; 1Cr 14:34
sister		Exd 2:4; Num 12:1; Num 20:1; Num 26:59; Mic 6:4
a timbrel		Toph, in Arabic called duff or diff, and in Spanish adduffa, is the tabret used in the East; being a thin, broad, wooden hoop, with parchment extended over one side of it, to which small pieces of brass, tin, etc., are attached, which make a jingling noise: it is held up with one hand and beaten upon with the other, and is precisely the same as the tambourine.
all the		Jdg 11:34; Jdg 21:21; 1Sa 18:6; 2Sa 6:5,14,16; Psa 68:11,25; Psa 81:2; Psa 149:3; Psa 150:4

Correlating Passages

prophetess

	Jdg 4:4	And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
	1Sa 10:5	After 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:
	2Ki 22:14	So 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.
	Luk 2:36	And 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;
	Act 21:9	And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
	1Cr 11:5	But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
	1Cr 14:34	Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

sister

	Exd 2:4	And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
	Num 12:1	And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
	Num 20:1	Then 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.
	Num 26:59	And 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.
	Mic 6:4	For 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.

all the

	Jdg 11:34	And 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.
	Jdg 21:21	And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
	1Sa 18:6	And 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.
	2Sa 6:5	And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
	2Sa 6:14	And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.
	2Sa 6:16	And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
	Psa 68:11	The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].
	Psa 68:25	The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.
	Psa 81:2	Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
	Psa 149:3	Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
	Psa 150:4	Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 15:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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