Deuteronomy 16:11
11And ayou shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.2 Samuel 6:12
12And it was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” bSo David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom cto the city of David with rejoicing.2 Chronicles 29:30
30And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.Ezra 6:16
16And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the ddedication of this house of God with joy.Nehemiah 8:17
17And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day ethe people of Israel had not done so. And there was fvery great rejoicing.Psalms 98:4-6
4 gMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;hbreak forth into joyous song and sing praises!
5Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the isound of melody!
6With jtrumpets and the sound of kthe horn
lmake a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
Psalms 100:1-2
His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
A Psalm for mgiving thanks.
1 nMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!2 oServe the Lord with gladness!
pCome into his presence with singing!
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