In the Bible, various forms of expression are used to worship and honor God, including dance. The Psalms, such as Psalms 149:3 and 150:4, mention dancing as a way to praise the Lord, while Psalms 30:11 describes the transformation from mourning to dancing. The Old Testament also records instances of triumphant dance, as seen in Exodus 15:20, where Miriam leads the Israelites in celebration, and 2 Samuel 6:14, where King David dances with abandon before the Lord. These examples demonstrate the long history of dance as a joyful expression of worship and gratitude to God.
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Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness. Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.