Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.

Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.

Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.

Give him praise with instruments of brass and in the dance: give him praise with horns and corded instruments.

And every blow of the rod of his punishment, which the Lord will send on him, will be with the sound of music: and with the waving of his sword the Lord will make war against him.