²⁷ Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me,^(A) so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels^(B) and harps?^(C)

The Song of Moses and Miriam

15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song^(A) to the Lord:

²⁰ Then Miriam^(A) the prophet,^(B) Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels^(C) and dancing.^(D)

²¹ Miriam sang^(A) to them:

¹⁷ “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.^(A)

¹⁸ “If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist^[a] and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, ¹⁹ the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.

²⁰ “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result,

The Song of Deborah

5 On that day Deborah^(A) and Barak son of Abinoam^(B) sang this song:^(C)

The Song of Deborah

5 On that day Deborah^(A) and Barak son of Abinoam^(B) sang this song:^(C)