...in honour of their Maker, are drawn from the Old Testament; some of which are the following:—"And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a...went out after her with timbrels and with dances;" also, that when Jephthah returned from his victory over the children of Ammon, "his daughter carne...

...them. Thou didst blow with thy wind ; the sea covered them ; they sank as lead in the mighty waters. And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took...And Miriam answered them — Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.' The Jews were...

...which were chiefly anthems from the word Antiphona, or respondent songs (as in Exodus xv. 20, 21 — " And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took...with timbrels and with dances, and Miriam answered them1') ; but it contained also the lectures, invitations, collects, verses, responses, &c., said or...

...festivals. After Pharaoh and his host had perished in the Red Sea, we are told that ' Miriam the prophetess took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went...dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously/ " Deborah and Barak likewise joined in a song of triumph, after the...

...waters of the sea upon them ; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 5[ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took...went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his...

...and his host had perished in the Red Sea, we are told that ,' Miriam the prophetess took a timbreHn her hand, and all the women went out after her with...dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for lie hath triumphed gloriously.' " Deborah and Barak likewise joined in a song of triumph, after...

...carmen seculare, and Salian priests, who on certain festivals sung and danced through the streets of Rome. The Israelites were famous for this kind of...dances, and Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord," etc. — " And David danced before the Lord with all his might." — The psalms composed by this monarch,...

...is the condition of the Jewish females under the oral law, from that described by Moses : — " When Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took...dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously." (Exod. xi. 21.) Then the women were permitted to unite in the noblest...

...thundered out a triumphant song before the Lord, the whole people joining him, in chorus ; while ' Miriam, the Prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took...went out after her, with timbrels and with dances.' This, it will be observed, was not only the earliest ballet upon record, but, though danced by an entire...

...his rider hath he thrown * Genesis, iv. 21. t (Jem-sis, xxxi. 27. HEBREW MUSIC. 177 into the sea .... And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took...dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea*." The passage...