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The Dance

The body in praise — every tradition makes the dance a figure of unforced joy before the Holy, and rebukes the cold heart that despises it.


Judaism
  • "And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances."

    Exodus 15:20
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  • "And David danced before the LORD with all his might;"

    2 Samuel 6:14
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  • "Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;"

    Psalms 30:11
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  • "Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp."

    Psalms 149:3
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  • "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;"

    Ecclesiastes 3:4
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Christianity
  • "...as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing."

    Luke 15:25
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