seekeroftruth
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Exodus 15 First Women's Choir?
e. Exodus 15:19 Or charioteers
First of all let's do a little definition. A timbrel is a musical instrument like a tambourine.
Aaron was Moses' brother. Aaron was Miriam's brother. It stands to reason that Miriam was Moses' sister, right? Maybe Moses wrote it that way because it would make us scratch our heads and look back at the history. Remember, it was Moses' sister who watched while his little basket floated down the Nile. It was Moses' sister who told Pharaoh's daughter where to find someone [Moses' mother] to care for Moses.
I don't want to forget that later, Moses is going up into the mountain to get the commandments and the Israelites are going to dance around the golden calf. I wonder if this might be a snapshot of that celebration. See Aaron will be in charge when that happens..... guess I'll have to keep reading to find out.
I got this from biblestudytools.com.
This is from the easy English commentary.
I found this little tidbit about Miriam in the Bible.org commentary.
Wow.... can you dig it? A ninety year old woman starts singing and dancing with a tambourine and the rest of the women join in behind her..... ninety years old and leading the choir. That means a lot when you get to be 66 and live in a 55+ community. I know a couple of women who are that age. They could both lead the choir!
Just so you know.... I hit a wrong button and posted this under a starter title.... sorry.... I did the majority of this post as an edit....
Exodus 15:18 “The Lord reigns
for ever and ever.”
19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen[e] 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. 20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing. 21 Miriam sang to them:
“Sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
he has hurled into the sea.”
for ever and ever.”
19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen[e] 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. 20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing. 21 Miriam sang to them:
“Sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
he has hurled into the sea.”
e. Exodus 15:19 Or charioteers
First of all let's do a little definition. A timbrel is a musical instrument like a tambourine.
Aaron was Moses' brother. Aaron was Miriam's brother. It stands to reason that Miriam was Moses' sister, right? Maybe Moses wrote it that way because it would make us scratch our heads and look back at the history. Remember, it was Moses' sister who watched while his little basket floated down the Nile. It was Moses' sister who told Pharaoh's daughter where to find someone [Moses' mother] to care for Moses.
I don't want to forget that later, Moses is going up into the mountain to get the commandments and the Israelites are going to dance around the golden calf. I wonder if this might be a snapshot of that celebration. See Aaron will be in charge when that happens..... guess I'll have to keep reading to find out.
I got this from biblestudytools.com.
Miriam the prophetess--so called from her receiving divine revelations ( Numbers 12:1 , Micah 6:4 ), but in this instance principally from her being eminently skilled in music, and in this sense the word "prophecy" is sometimes used in Scripture ( 1 Chronicles 25:1 , 1 Corinthians 11:5 ).
took a timbrel--or "tabret"--a musical instrument in the form of a hoop, edged round with rings or pieces of brass to make a jingling noise and covered over with tightened parchment like a drum. It was beat with the fingers, and corresponds to our tambourine.
We shall understand this by attending to the modern customs of the East, where the dance--a slow, grave, and solemn gesture, generally accompanied with singing and the sound of the timbrel, is still led by the principal female of the company, the rest imitating her movements and repeating the words of the song as they drop from her lips.
took a timbrel--or "tabret"--a musical instrument in the form of a hoop, edged round with rings or pieces of brass to make a jingling noise and covered over with tightened parchment like a drum. It was beat with the fingers, and corresponds to our tambourine.
We shall understand this by attending to the modern customs of the East, where the dance--a slow, grave, and solemn gesture, generally accompanied with singing and the sound of the timbrel, is still led by the principal female of the company, the rest imitating her movements and repeating the words of the song as they drop from her lips.
This is from the easy English commentary.
The account that tells about Moses as a baby does not name Moses’ sister. But she was a responsible girl when the princess rescued Moses from the river (Exodus 2:7). When Moses was at Pharaoh’s court, they probably referred to her as Aaron’s sister. Moses was a prophet greater than all other prophets (Deuteronomy 34:10). But Miriam said that she had spoken God’s message too (Numbers 12:2).
People also call these small drums ‘tambourines’. Women usually sang and danced. They did that when they were happy. They gave honour to that special occasion because God had defeated their enemies.
Miriam repeated the beginning of Moses’ song. Moses and the Israelites said that they would sing. And Miriam told the women to sing as well. Later women sang in the temple too (Ezra 2:65 and Nehemiah 7:67).
People also call these small drums ‘tambourines’. Women usually sang and danced. They did that when they were happy. They gave honour to that special occasion because God had defeated their enemies.
Miriam repeated the beginning of Moses’ song. Moses and the Israelites said that they would sing. And Miriam told the women to sing as well. Later women sang in the temple too (Ezra 2:65 and Nehemiah 7:67).
I found this little tidbit about Miriam in the Bible.org commentary.
Miriam, a prophetess and the sister of Aaron, led the women as they repeated the first refrain of the “Song of the Sea,” which must have been quite a feat for a woman who would have had to be around 90 years old. Both the men and the women seemed to have sung their own parts in this marvelous hymn of praise.
Wow.... can you dig it? A ninety year old woman starts singing and dancing with a tambourine and the rest of the women join in behind her..... ninety years old and leading the choir. That means a lot when you get to be 66 and live in a 55+ community. I know a couple of women who are that age. They could both lead the choir!
Just so you know.... I hit a wrong button and posted this under a starter title.... sorry.... I did the majority of this post as an edit....
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