The singers go before, the minstrels follow after; in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels.

Thus will I bring the melody of thy songs, and the voice of thy minstrelsy to an end, so that they shall no more be heard.

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people raging,

The elder brother was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard minstrelsy, and dancing,

But now bring me a minstrel. And as the minstrel played, the hand of the LORD was upon him.