Bible Times Musical Instruments

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The Bible is filled with references to music and instruments. Here's our list of top musical instruments mentioned in the Bible.

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Our Top Ten Musical Instruments in the Bible.

The Bible is filled with references to music and instruments. Here's our list of top musical instruments mentioned in the Bible with reference to and quotes of Bible verses.

is mentioned in several places in the Bible, often within the context of battles. Sometimes translators have chosen to describe it as a trumpet or as a ram’s horn instead of using the direct translation of shofar.

Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March round the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Make seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march round the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, make the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.’ (Joshua 6:2-5, NIV)