2 Chronicles 30:21

Thus the Israelites in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. Each day the Levites and priests praised Jehovah in song. They played Jehovah's instruments loudly.

Exodus 12:15

You will eat unleavened bread for seven days. The first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day will be cut off from Israel.

Exodus 13:6

You must eat unleavened bread seven days. The seventh day will be a feast to Jehovah.

Leviticus 23:6

The fifteenth day of the same month the Festival of Unleavened Bread begins. You must not eat any bread made with yeast for seven days.

Deuteronomy 12:7

You and your households should eat there before Jehovah your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings that Jehovah your God has blessed.

Deuteronomy 12:12

Rejoice (be filled with joy) before Jehovah your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

Deuteronomy 16:14

Enjoy yourselves at the festival along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities.

2 Chronicles 7:10

Solomon dismissed the people to their tents on the twenty-third day of the seventh month. They rejoiced with cheerful hearts for all the blessings Jehovah had given David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:21

After consulting with the people, the king ordered some musicians to put on the robes they wore on sacred occasions and to march ahead of the army. They sang: 'Praise Jehovah! His love is eternal!'

2 Chronicles 29:25-27

The king followed the instructions Jehovah gave to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan. He stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals,

2 Chronicles 30:26

There was great joy in Jerusalem. Nothing occurred like this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.

Nehemiah 8:10

He said to them: Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready. This day is holy to our Lord. Let there be no grief in your hearts. The joy of Jehovah is your strong place.

Psalm 150:3-5

Praise him with sounds from horns. Praise him with harps and stringed instruments.

Luke 22:1

The feast of unleavened bread was near. This is called the Passover.

Luke 22:7

The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed.

Acts 2:46

They continued daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house. They ate their food with gladness and singleness of heart.

1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new batch of dough. For even Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always; 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
There was great joy in Jerusalem. Nothing occurred like this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 7:10
Solomon dismissed the people to their tents on the twenty-third day of the seventh month. They rejoiced with cheerful hearts for all the blessings Jehovah had given David, Solomon, and his people Israel.
Deuteronomy 12:7
You and your households should eat there before Jehovah your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings that Jehovah your God has blessed.
Deuteronomy 16:14
Enjoy yourselves at the festival along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities.
Nehemiah 8:10
He said to them: Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready. This day is holy to our Lord. Let there be no grief in your hearts. The joy of Jehovah is your strong place.
Acts 2:46
They continued daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house. They ate their food with gladness and singleness of heart.
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice!

The priests

2 Chronicles 20:21
After consulting with the people, the king ordered some musicians to put on the robes they wore on sacred occasions and to march ahead of the army. They sang: 'Praise Jehovah! His love is eternal!'
2 Chronicles 29:25
The king followed the instructions Jehovah gave to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan. He stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals,

Loud instruments

Psalm 150:3
Praise him with sounds from horns. Praise him with harps and stringed instruments.

General references

Luke 2:43
When the feast ended they started the return trip. Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem and his parents did not know this.