Psalms Chapter 68 verse 25 Holy Bible
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
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The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.
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The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
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The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
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They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
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The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,
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Singers have been before, Behind `are' players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after (comp. 2 Samuel 6:15; 1 Chronicles 15:16-28). In Assyrian musical processions the players on instruments precede the singers ('Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 1, p. 542). Among them were the damsels playing with timbrels; rather, in the midst of the damsels, etc. The damsels are represented, not as intermixed with the (male) singers and players on instruments, but as encircling them. (On the use of "timbrels" (tambourines) by Israelite maidens, see Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Players--i.e., harpers.Playing with timbrels.--Or, beating the tambourine. For this instrument (Heb., toph) see Exodus 15:20, and comp. Judges 11:34.
