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Tambourine

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This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topic: Timbrel.

Tambourine is the modern English name for the small hand-drum that scripture more often calls the timbrel or tabret, an instrument carried by Miriam at the Red Sea, by Jephthah's daughter on her father's return, and used in religious processions and dance. The biblical material on this instrument is collected under timbrel.

Click here to read the full topic on this subject: Timbrel