Bible Verses About Prophets: The sacred bards of the Jews

And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;

and Miriam answereth to them: --`Sing ye to Jehovah, For Triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea!'

`Afterwards thou dost come unto the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is , and it cometh to pass, at thy coming in thither to the city, that thou hast met a band of prophets coming down from the high place, and before them psaltery, and tabret, and pipe, and harp, and they are prophesying;

and they come in thither to the height, and lo, a band of prophets--to meet him, and prosper over him doth the Spirit of God, and he prophesieth in their midst.

And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the number of the workmen is according to their service.