2 Chronicles 30:21

And so the children of Israel that were found at Jerusalem, held the feast of sweet bread seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day with loud instruments.

Exodus 12:15

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread, so that even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses. For whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be plucked out from Israel.

Exodus 13:6

Seven days thou shalt eat sweet bread, and the seventh day shall be feastful unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:6

And the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of sweet bread unto the LORD; seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

Deuteronomy 12:7

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye lay your hands on, both ye and your households, because the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

Deuteronomy 12:12

And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, both ye, your sons and your daughters, your servants and your maids and the Levite that is within your gates for he hath neither part nor inheritance with you.

Deuteronomy 16:14

And thou shalt rejoice in that thy feast; both thou and thy son, thy daughter, thy servant, thy maid, the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless and the widow that are in thy cities.

2 Chronicles 7:10

And the twenty third day of the seventh month, he let the people depart unto their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed to David, to Solomon and to Israel his people.

2 Chronicles 20:21

And he gave the people counsel, and set the singers of the LORD and them that praised in holy apparel, to go out before the army and to say, "Praise the LORD for his mercy lasteth ever."

2 Chronicles 29:25-27

And they set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps according to the commandments of David and of Gad the king's seer of visions and of Nathan the prophet. For so was the commandment of the LORD through the hand, of his prophets.

2 Chronicles 30:26

and there was great joy in Jerusalem. For since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel it happened not so in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 8:10

Therefore said he unto them, "Go your way, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part unto them also that have not prepared themselves: for this day is holy unto our LORD. Be not ye sorry therefore: for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

Psalm 150:3-5

Praise him in the sound of the trumpet; praise him upon the lute and harp.

Luke 22:1

The feast of sweet bread drew nigh, which is called Easter,

Luke 22:7

Then came the day of sweet bread, when of necessity the Easter lamb must be offered.

Acts 2:46

And they continued daily with one accord in the temple, and brake bread in every house, and did eat their meat together with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God,

1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Purge therefore the old leaven, that ye may be new dough, as ye are sweet bread. For Christ our Easter lamb is offered up for us.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

Loud instruments

General references

Bible References

Great gladness

2 Chronicles 30:26
and there was great joy in Jerusalem. For since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel it happened not so in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 7:10
And the twenty third day of the seventh month, he let the people depart unto their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed to David, to Solomon and to Israel his people.
Deuteronomy 12:7
And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye lay your hands on, both ye and your households, because the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
Deuteronomy 16:14
And thou shalt rejoice in that thy feast; both thou and thy son, thy daughter, thy servant, thy maid, the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless and the widow that are in thy cities.
Nehemiah 8:10
Therefore said he unto them, "Go your way, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part unto them also that have not prepared themselves: for this day is holy unto our LORD. Be not ye sorry therefore: for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Acts 2:46
And they continued daily with one accord in the temple, and brake bread in every house, and did eat their meat together with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God,
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.

The priests

2 Chronicles 20:21
And he gave the people counsel, and set the singers of the LORD and them that praised in holy apparel, to go out before the army and to say, "Praise the LORD for his mercy lasteth ever."
2 Chronicles 29:25
And they set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps according to the commandments of David and of Gad the king's seer of visions and of Nathan the prophet. For so was the commandment of the LORD through the hand, of his prophets.

Loud instruments

Psalm 150:3
Praise him in the sound of the trumpet; praise him upon the lute and harp.

General references

Luke 2:43
And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned home, the child Jesus bode still in Jerusalem, unknowing to his father and mother.