Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

The harp, etc

Bible References

Instrument

Psalm 33:2
With the lyre, give thanks to the LORD; with the ten stringed harp, play music to him;
Psalm 57:8
Wake up, my soul, wake up, lyre and harp! I will awaken at dawn.
Psalm 68:25
The singers are in front, the musicians follow, strumming their stringed instruments among the maidens who are playing their tambourines.
Psalm 81:2
Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp.
Psalm 149:3
May they praise his name with dancing, chanting songs to him with tambourines and lyres.
Psalm 150:3
Praise him with trumpet sounding. Praise him with stringed instrument and harp.
1 Chronicles 15:16
David also told the leaders of the descendants of Levi to appoint their relatives as singers, to play musical instruments such as harps, lyres, and cymbals, and to keep sounding aloud with joyful voices.
1 Chronicles 25:6
They were all under their father's supervision regarding music in the Temple of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the Temple of God.
2 Chronicles 23:5
Another third of you priests and descendants of Levi will take your places in the royal palace, while another third of you priests and descendants of Levi will stand near the Foundation Gate. The rest of you will remain in the courtyard of the LORD's Temple.
2 Chronicles 29:25
Hezekiah stationed descendants of Levi in the LORD's Temple to play cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the seer, and Nathan the prophet had directed, because the command to do so was from the LORD through those prophets.

The harp, etc

Psalm 9:16
The LORD has made himself known, executing judgment. The wicked are ensnared by what their hands have made. Interlude

General references

Numbers 28:9
"Every Sabbath day, you are to offer two one year old lambs without any defects with two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with their corresponding drink offering.
Psalm 81:2
Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp.
Psalm 98:5
Sing praises to the LORD with a lyre with a lyre and a melodious song!
Psalm 147:7
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving, and compose music to our God with the lyre.

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