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MUSIC

general use of music:

♦ for a joyful send-off:

• Genesis 31:27

♦ to express national victories:

• Exodus 15:1-21; Judges 5:1-31; 1 Samuel 18:6-7

♦ at the coronation of a king:

• 1 Kings 1:39-40

♦ to express sorrow at someone's death:

• 2 Chronicles 35:25; Matthew 9:23

♦ to accompany banqueting:

• Isaiah 5:12

♦ to worship an image:

• Daniel 3:4-7

♦ to rejoice at the return of a prodigal:

• Luke 15:25-27

religious music in the OT (including instrumental and vocal):

divine approval of

♦ intended for worship

• 2 Chronicles 29:25-30

♦ revealed through God's prophets

• 2 Chronicles 29:25

♦ given to Israel as God's ordinance

• Psalms 81:1-5

♦ David as organizer of musicians for worship

• 1 Chronicles 6:31

♦ skilled required in

• 1 Chronicles 15:22; 25:7

participants in

♦ general

• Numbers 10:2-10; 1 Samuel 18:6; 1 Chronicles 25:1-7; 2 Chronicles 23:13; Psalms 40:3; 68:24-25; Revelation 14:2-3

primary individuals

♦ Jubal as human originator of

• Genesis 4:21

♦ David

• 1 Chronicles 6:31; 2 Chronicles 7:6; Nehemiah 12:36; Amos 6:5

♦ Heman, Asaph, Ethan, Chenaniah and Jeduthun

• 1 Chronicles 15:16-22; 16:41-42 (cf. Nehemiah 11:22-23)

♦ appointed singers in the Levitical choirs

• 1 Chronicles 6:31-32; 15:16-22; 2 Chronicles 5:12-13

♦ chambers for singers in Ezekiel's temple

• Ezekiel 40:44

♦ the heavenly chorus

• Revelation 5:8-9; 14:3; 15:2-3

purpose of

♦ to celebrate, worship, praise and thank the Lord

• 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Chronicles 16:4, 41-42; 25:3; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 7:6; 29:25-30; Ezra 3:10-11; Psalms 33:1-3; 40:3; 68:24-25; 81:1-3; 92:1-4; 108:1-3; 150:1-6; Ephesians 5:19-20; Colossians 3:16-17; Hebrews 2:12; Revelation 5:8-10

♦ to express joy

• 1 Chronicles 15:16; 2 Chronicles 23:13

♦ to obey the Lord

• 2 Chronicles 29:25

♦ to accompany offering of sacrifices

• 2 Chronicles 29:27-28

♦ to express confession of sin

• Psalms 51:1-19

♦ instruction in

• 1 Chronicles 15:22; 25:7-8

religious music in the NT:

♦ singing in connection with the Lord's Supper:

• Mark 14:26 (cf. vv. 22-25)

♦ singing with the spirit and the mind:

• 1 Corinthians 14:15

♦ singing through the filling of the Spirit:

• Ephesians 5:18-20

♦ singing with a thankful heart:

• Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16-17

instruments of music in the Bible:

kinds of

♦ lyre

• Genesis 4:21; 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Chronicles 15:16, 21; 16:5; 2 Chronicles 5:12; Psalms 92:3; Daniel 3:5

♦ pipe

• Genesis 4:21

♦ bells

• Exodus 28:33-35

♦ harp

• 1 Samuel 16:16; 1 Chronicles 15:16, 20; 16:5; 2 Chronicles 5:12; Psalms 92:3; Isaiah 14:11; 1 Corinthians 14:7; Revelation 18:22 (cf. 14:2)

♦ tambourine

• 1 Samuel 18:6; Psalms 68:25

♦ castanets

• 2 Samuel 6:5

♦ loud-sounding cymbals

• 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Chronicles 15:16, 19; 1 Chronicles 16:5; 2 Chronicles 5:12-13

♦ trumpet

• Numbers 10:2; 2 Chronicles 5:12-13; 7:6; 23:13; Revelation 18:22

♦ ten-stringed lute

• Psalms 92:3

♦ horn

• Daniel 3:5

♦ flute

• Daniel 3:5; Matthew 9:23; 1 Corinthians 14:7; Revelation 18:22

♦ trigon

• Daniel 3:5

♦ psaltery

• Daniel 3:5

♦ bagpipe

• Daniel 3:5

♦ understanding of

• 1 Corinthians 14:7

various other uses:

♦ music connected with dancing:

• Exodus 15:20; 1 Samuel 18:6; Matthew 11:17; Luke 15:25

♦ cessation of music:

• Isaiah 24:8-9; Lamentations 5:14; Ezekiel 26:13; Revelation 18:22

♦ effects of music on Saul:

• 1 Samuel 16:23

♦ inability to enjoy music:

• 2 Samuel 19:35

♦ music related to the wicked:

• Job 21:12 (cf. v. 7)

♦ music with luxurious living:

• Ecclesiastes 2:8; Amos 6:4-5

♦ expected response to music:

• Matthew 11:17 (cf. Ezekiel 33:32)

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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