Instrumental Music In The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Thanksgiving Hymns (1QH)
Psalm 41 and the Dead See Scroll Thanksgiving Hymns prove that Satan will not defeat Jesus with music. Augustine, Psalm 41.

The most ancient documents show that Satan kills the Word of God by the use of music which "scrambles" the memory banks of the God-given mind. For instance, Psalm 41 prophesied that Judas, whose bag carried "the mouthpieces of wind instruments," would not triumph over (blow his triumph trumpet, Jubilee, pipe) over Jesus when He came to teach (see Num 10:7 above).

Israel had come under the influence of Satan in the wilderness:

Ephraim Syrus On Our Lord.

6. But Israel crucified our Lord, on the plea that verily He was seducing us from the One God. But they themselves used constantly to wander away from the One God through their many idols. While then they imagine they crucify Him Who seduces them from the One God, they are found to be led away by Him from all idols to the One God;

to the end that because they did not voluntarily learn of Him that He is God, they might by compulsion learn of Him that He is God; when the good which had accrued to them through Him should accuse them concerning the evil which their hands had done.

Thus even though the tongue of the oppressors denied, yet the help with which they were helped convicted them.

For grace loaded them beyond their power, so that they should be ashamed, while laden with Thy blessings, to deny Thy person.

And also Thou didst have mercy on those, whose lives had been made food for dead idols. For the one calf which they made in the desert, [Exod. xxxii. 4.] pastured on their lives as on grass in the desert.

For that idolatry which they had stolen and brought out in their hearts from Egypt, when it was made manifest, slew openly those in whom it was dwelling secretly.

For it was like fire concealed in wood, which when it is gendered from within it, burns it.
For
Moses ground to powder the calf and caused them to drink it in the water of ordeal; [Exod. xxxii. 20.] that by drinking of the calf all those who were living for its worship might die.

The root of Psallo means to triturate or GRIND INTO A FINE POWDER.

19. But when Moses came down, he saw their heathenism revelling in the wide plain with drums and cymbals.

Speedily, he put their madness to shame by means of the Levites and drawn swords.
So likewise here, our Lord
concealed His knowledge for a little when the sinful woman approached Him, that the Pharisee might form into shape his thought, as his fathers had shaped the pernicious calf.

Aphrahat 4th century

19. Now thus is faith; when a man believes in God the Lord of all, Who made the heavens and the earth and the seas and all that is in them; and He made Adam in His image; and He gave the Law to Moses; He sent of His Spirit upon the prophets; He sent moreover His Christ into the world.

Furthermore that a man should believe in the resurrection of the dead; and should furthermore also believe in the sacrament of baptism.

This is the faith of the Church of God. And (it is necessary) that a man should separate himself from the observance of hours and Sabbaths and moons and seasons,
and
divinations and sorceries and Chaldaean arts and magic,
from fornication and from festive music, from vain doctrines,
which are
instruments of the Evil One,
from the blandishment of honeyed words, from
blasphemy and from adultery.

And that a man should not bear false witness, and that a man should not speak with double tongue. These then are the works of the faith which is based on the true Stone which is Christ, on Whom the whole building is reared up.

Israel was turned over to worship the STARRY HOST (Acts 7) which they were worshippping instead of the Creator of the stars. One was Chiun or Saturn whose Chaldee number is 666.

Psalm 41 prophesied that Judas indwelled by Satan would try to seduce Christ who was the One True Prophets who is worshipped by "listening to" him rather than burning animals.

The message of Psalm 41 hides the pagan musical rejoicing in the word TRIUMPH but the Dead Sea Translation makes things much Clearer. The Psalm begins with:

BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. Psalm 41: 1

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. Psalm 41:2

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. Psalm 41: 3
I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. Psalm 41: 4

Mine
enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? Psalm 41: 5
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. Psa 22:6
All they that see me
laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, Psa 22:7

Leag (g3932) law-ag'; a prim. root; to deride; by impl. (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly: - have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.

Laeg (g3934) law-ayg'; from 3932; a buffoon; also a foreigner: - mocker, stammering.

He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. Psa 22:8

In Psalm 41:5, the enemy (Judas) was Oyeb (h341) or the hating adversary or "Ophis" in greek (g3789) for the serpent. This Ophis is the same serpent which beguiled Eve. Jesus called Judas "Satan." In reality, he is incarnated in the sOPHISts who were enchanters for pay.

In Genesis, the "serpent" is not a snake. Rather, he is a musical enchanter who "hisses" and whispers.  As the king of Tyre he / she / it is Lucifer (Zoe) as the "singing and harp playing prostitute.

Nachash (h5175) naw-khawsh'; from 5172; a snake (from its hiss): - serpent
Nachash
(h5172) naw-khash'; a prim. root; prop. to hiss, i. e. whisper a (magic) spell; gen. to prognosticate: - * certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) * enchantment, learn by experience, * indeed, diligently observe.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. Psalm 41: 6

In Psalm 41:6 the enemy spoke falsely and spread slander which is figurative for idolatry (Strong's h7723)

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. Psalm 41:7

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. Psa 22:15

In Psalm 41:7 the enemy "whispered" against Jesus which was to "mumble a spell as a magician or charmer" (Strong's h3907)

Lachash (h3907) law-khash'; a prim. root; to whisper; by impl. to mumble a spell (as a magician): - charmer, whisper (together).
Nachash and Lachash are treated as identical by scholars. It is used of the flute players who "hissed" a tune to charm snakes:

that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be. Ps.58:5

THIS WAS SPEAKING IN GIBBERISH OR SO-CALLED "TONGUES."

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. Psalm 41: 8

Evil disease a thing of belial {belial=satan}

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Psalm 41: 9
But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may
requite them. Psalm 41: 10

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. Psalm 41: 11

The CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS was the Qahal or synagogue or ekklesia in the Greek version.

The assembly or church was for instruction and not for "worship." The synagagoe always existed for the "people's congregation." The temple was a NATIONAL temple and therefore given over to "worship like the nations." God had abandoned the Jews to worship the starry host because of their musical idolatry at Mount Sinai.

The Jewish clergy as "musical children" did play their pipes and tried to force John and Jesus into their dance of ecstasy in violation of God's will:

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. Nu 10:7

The truimph-over alarm, suitable to tribal movements, panicing the enemy or national rejoicing where no word from God was expected is:

Ruwa (h7321) roo-ah'; a prim. root; to mar (espec. by breaking); fig. to split the ears with sound, i. e. shout (for alarm or joy): - blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout for joy, sound an alarm, triumph.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy (Judas) doth not triumph over me. Ps.41:11

Triumph over in Greek is:

Thriambeuo (h2358) three-am-byoo'-o; from a prol. comp. of the base of 2360 and a der. of 680 (mean. a noisy iambus, sung in honor of Bacchus); to make an acclamatory procession, i.e. (fig.) to conquer or (by Hebr.) to give victory: - cause to triumph over.  

This choral dance would prove that Jesus might be a pagan god and therefore gender-confused:

"We know the Gnostics used sexual practices

to bind the flesh and the divine together (Rev. 2:20).

"In most ancient pagan religions the act of procreation was a mystery; they thought fornication and in some instances homosexuality linked them to the world of the gods. Apparently, this sexual aspect of Gnosticism was incorporated with Jezebel's teaching which Jesus condemned (Rev. 3:20). The apostle Peter was aware of this problem." (Trombley, Who Says Women Cannot Teach, p. 176).

Of course, this would have disqualifed Jesus as the Incarnate God of the universe and made Him at least be dionysus whom they had worshipped in the temple. When they triumphed over it would involve singing the lament and dancing in the chorus as the children played their pipes or wind instruments. This would mark Jesus as just one of the "girls."

The Witness of the Dead Sea Scrolls: The War Rules

The entire Book of Isaiah 100 to 200 years before the time of Christ was preserved as Dead Sea Scrolls. There are many of the Psalms which define the ATTACK against Jesus as musical.

Everyone understood that the "musical" instruments were instruments of warfare and triumph over the enemy. In connection with the "annihilation of the Sons of Darkness" the Levites served as guards:

DSS: "After them the chiefs of the Levites serve continually, twelve in all, one to a tribe. The chiefs of their courses shall serve each man in his office. The chiefs of the tribes and fathers of the congregation shall support them, taking their stand continually at the gates of the sanctuary

In Battle:

"The priests shall blow the trumpets of massacre, and the Levites and all the blowers of the ram's horn shall sound a battle alarm,

and the foot soldiers shall stretch out their hands against the host...
and at the
sound of the alarm they shall begin to bring down the slain.
All the people shall cease their
clamor,
........... but the priests shall continue to blow the trumpets of massacre."  - War Scroll

"And on the banner of the ten they shall write, "Songs of joy for God on the ten-stringed harp," and the name of the chief of the ten and the names of the nine men in his command."

LOOK AGAIN AT WHAT YOU DON'T DO IN SYNAGOGUE OR CHURCH.

Ruwa (h7321) roo-ah'; a prim. root; to mar (espec. by breaking); fig. to split the ears with sound, i. e. shout (for alarm or joy): - blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout for joy, sound an alarm, triumph.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy (Judas) doth not triumph over me. Ps.41:11

Calvin Num 10:Verse 5. When ye blow an alarm] teruah, probably meaning short, broken, sharp tones, terminating with long ones, blown with both the trumpets at once. From the similarity in the words some suppose that the Hebrew teruah was similar to the Roman taratantara, or sound of their clarion.

Teruwah (h8643) ter-oo-aw'; from 7321; clamor, i. e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; espec. clangor of trumpets, as an alarum: - alarm, blow (-ing) (of, the) (trumpets), joy, jubile, loud noise, rejoicing, shout (-ing), (high, joyful) sound (-ing).

> At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. Eze.21:22

> But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: Am.2:2

> When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. Nu.10:6

Ruwa (h7321) roo-ah'; a prim. root; to mar (espec. by breaking); fig. to split the ears (with sound), i. e. shout (for alarm or joy): - blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. Ps.41:11

How to set Ambushment against God's People:

2 Chron 20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

2 Chron 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

2 Chron 20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Rinnah (h7440) rin-naw'; from 7442; prop. a creaking (or shrill sound), i. e. shout (of joy or grief): - cry, gladness, joy, proclamation, rejoicing, shouting, sing (-ing), triumph.

And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set AMBUSHMENTS against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 2 Chron 20: 22

Ranah (h7439) raw-naw'; a prim. root; to whiz: - rattle.
He
mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. Job 39:22The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. Job 39:23

[The Rule of the Trumpets: the trumpets] of alarm for all their service for the [ . . . ] for their commissioned men, 17[by tens of thousands and thousands and hundreds and fifties] and tens. Upon the t[rumpets . . . ]

[ . . . ] )8[ . . . ] 19[ . . . which ] 20 [,, . they shall write . . . the trumpets of Col. 3 the battle formations, and the trumpets for assembling them when the gates of the war are opened so that the infantry might advance, the trumpets for the signal of the slain, the trumpets of 2 the ambush, the trumpets of pursuit when the enemy is defeated, and the trumpets of reassembly when the battle returns.

2 Chron 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.


The "enemy" under attack of many of the Psalms would turn out to be God Himself as Christ.

Using the instruments given to panic the enemy would be turned against Jesus so that people who came to worship could not hear Him: it is deliberate massacre or a holocaust against God by attacking His people. The temple clergy believed that in attacking Jesus they were attacking Beliar.

The literal Musical trumpet player condemned:

Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman (overseer): Eze 33:2

If when he seeth the sword (from "to parch through drought") come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; Eze 33:3

Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. Eze 33:4

But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow (clang or clatter an instrument) not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchmans hand. Eze 33:6

The Black Type note the DSS. The blue will be our comments or similar quotations from the Bible.

The Thanksgiving Hymns (1QH) from the Dead Sea Scrolls interprets Psalm 41:

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DSS: And they, teachers of lies and seers of falsehood,
.........have schemed against me a devilish scheme,
to exchange the Law engraved on my heart by Thee
.........for the smooth things which they speak to Thy people.

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. Isaiah 32:6

The instruments [sword or psaltery) also of the churl (withholding instructions) are evil (afflicting): he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying (sham) words, even when the needy speaketh right. Isaiah 32:7

Instruments: Keliy (h3627) kel-ee'; from 3615; something prepared, i. e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon): - armour ([-bearee]), artillery, bag, carriage, / furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, / psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, / whatsoever.

DSS: And they withhold from the thirst the drink of Knowledge, (Amos 5, 6, 8, Isa 5) and assuage their thirst with vinegar,that they may gaze on their straying,

on their folly concerning their feast-days (Jubilee, Feast of Tabernacles) on their fall into their snares.

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; Amos 6:5

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: Am.8:11

And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts:

but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. Is.5:12

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar (fermented or sour) to drink. Psalm 69:21

Gall: Rosh (h7219) roshe; or rowsh (Deut. 32:32), roshe; appar. the same as 7218; a poisonous plant, prob. the poppy (from its conspicuous head); gen. poison (even of serpents): - gall, hemlock, poison, venom

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: De.32:32

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness Hab.2:15

Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Is.30:10

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? Hab 2:13

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Hab 2:14
Woe unto him that
giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness Hab.2:15

Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lords right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. Hab 2:16

DSS: "The priests shall blow the trumpets of massacre, and
the Levites and all the blowers of the ram's horn
.........shall sound a battle alarm,
.........and the foot soldiers shall stretch out their hands against the host...
and at the sound of the alarm
.........they shall begin to bring down the slain.
All the people shall cease their clamor,
.........but the priests shall continue
.........to blow the trumpets of massacre."  - War Scroll

The song and dance the Jews would try as a way to "triumph over" Him would be the Dionysic choral dance (like a cow slinging out a calve) and the song honoring Dionysus or Bacchus. This was always shameful but it might be a test to see whether Jesus was efeminate and John wore the "soft" clothing of a king's male prostitute. The Jews whose anticipated "messiah" was Dionysus tried to interpret Jesus in terms of the well known Zeus worship which had plagued the Jerusalem Temple. Therefore;

"This cry of Zeus, the Thunder-hurler, to the child, his son, Dionysos, sounds the leitmotif of the Greek mysteries of the initiatory second birth (Second Incarnation)..The word 'Dithyrambos' itself, as an epithet of the killed and resurrected Dionysos, was understood by the Greeks to signify 'him of the double door', him who had survived the awesome miracle of the second birth." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces

"A fourth-century BC hymn in honor of dionysus contains the invocation: 'Come to us, King Dithyramb, Bacchus, god of the holy chant.'"

Dithurambos, Dithyramb "comes to be used of a Dionysiac song which possessed some infectious quality that led his votaries to take it up as a ritual chant. Later it became the subject for competition at Dionysiac festivals, and with its formalization it lost any spontaneity it may have possessed originally." "

"At the beginning of the fifth century BC tragedy formed part of the Great Dionysia, the Spring festival of Dionysos Eluethereus. Three poets completed, each contributing three tragedies and one satyric play. The latter was performed by choruses of fifty singers in a circle, dressed as satyrs, part human, part bestial, and bearing before them huge replicas of the erect penis (i.e. church steeples or columns or asherahs), as they sang dithyrambs." - John M. Allegro, The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

DSS: But Thou, O God,
.........dost despise all Satan's designs;
it is Thy purpose that they shall be done
.........and the design of Thy heart
that shall be established for ever.
 
As for them, they dissemble,
.........they plan devilish schemes.
They seek Thee with a double heart
.........and are not confirmed in Thy truth.

The instruments [sword or psaltery) also of the churl (withholding instructions) are evil (afflicting): he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying (sham) words, even when the needy speaketh right. Isaiah 32:7 These satanic devices are musical instruments

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Luke 22:2
Then
entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. Luke 22:3
And
he went his way, and communed (schemed) with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. Luke 22:4
DSS: A root bearing poisoned and bitter fruit
.........is in their designs;
they walk in stubbornness of heart
.........and see Thee among idols,
then they set before them
.........the stumbling-block of their sin.

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah:
their grapes are
grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: De.32:32

The book of Enoch and companion books link musical worship to Satan. The people, contrary, to trees, just could not conform to the nature God had created for them. Of the fallen angels:

10 Then they took wives, each choosing for himself; whom they began to approach, and with whom they cohabited; teaching them sorcery, incantations, and the dividing of roots and trees. Enoch Chapter Seven

And along with these charmed stones, they delivered the arts of the things pertaining to each, and imparted the discovery of magic, and taught astronomy, and the powers of roots

DSS: They come to inquire of Thee
.........from the mouth of lying prophets deceived by error (Eze 13)
Who speak with strange lips to Thy people,
.........and an alien tongue,
That they may cunningly turn
.........all their work to folly.

Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. Ezek 33:30

And they come unto thee as the people cometh,
and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words,
.........but they will not do them:
for with their mouth they shew much love,
.........but their heart goeth after their covetousness. Ezek 33: 31
 
And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song
.........of one that hath a pleasant voice,
.................and can play well on an instrument:
for they hear thy words,
but they do them not. Ezek 33: 32

And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. Ezek 33: 33

The word "for" or "because" shows that singing and playing erotic (praise) songs with instruments was positive proof that they did not intend to obey God.

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DSS: For Thou, O God, hast sheltered me
.........from the children of men
.........And hast hidden Thy Law within me
.........against the time when Thou shoudst
.........reveal Thy salvation to me. (Isaiah 11:1-3)

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: Mt 13:34

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. Mt.13:35

Jesus fooled the fools from the very beginning.

DSS: All who have eaten my bread
.........have lifted their heel against me (cf John 13:18)
.........And all those joined to my Council
.........have mocked me with wicked lips. (Children piping and chiding.)
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Ps.41:9
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall
give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. Jn.13:26

And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. Jn.13:27

Augustine wrote of Psalm 41: "The man of My peace, in whom I trusted, which did eat of My bread." How showed He him in His Passion? By the words of His prophecy: by the sop He marked Him out, that it might appear said of him, "Which did eat of My bread." Again, when he came to betray Him,

He granted him a kiss, that it might appear said of him, "The man of My peace."

Sop in Greek is:

Psomion (g5596) pso-mee'-on; dim. from a der. of the base of 5597; a crumb or morsel (as if rubbed off), i.e. a mouthful: - sop.

Psallo (g5567) psal'-lo; prob. strengthened from psao , (to rub or touch the surface; comp. 5597); to twitch or twang, i.e. to play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes): - make melody, sing (psalms)

The "twanging" of the snapped bowstring was not truly "musical." It might signal that someone was flinging an arrow in your direction.

Psocho (g5597) pso'-kho; prol. from the same base as 5567; to triturate, i.e. (by anal.) to rub out (kernels from husks with the fingers or hand): - rub.

The "Judas Bag" was for carrying the mouthpieces of wind instruments. It was made up of "speaking in tongues" and "of the world" or cosmos.

Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. Is.23:16

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. Am.5:23

Melody in Hebrews means play an instrument or "trim a vine."

DSS: Thy members of my Covenant have rebelled
.........and have murmured round about me;
.........They have gone as talebearers
.........before the children of mischief
.........concerning the mystery which Thou hast hidden in me...

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. Ps.41:7

Whisper is like speaking in tongues and is related to Nachash or the serpent in the garden of Eden

"The serpent (nachash)-charmers usual instrument is the flute. Those who professed the art of taming serpents were called by the Hebrews menachashim, while the art itself was called lachash , (Jer 8:17; Ecc 10:11)" Smith's Dictionary, Serpent.

Lachash (h3908) lakh'-ash; from 3907; prop. a whisper, i. e. by impl. (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concr. an amulet: - charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.

SPEAKING IN TONGUES AS "GIBBERISH" IS SATAN WHISPERING IN THEIR EARS AFTER HE HAS USED MUSIC TO DIVE THEM INTO INSANITY. Real speaking in tongues was the 70 minor dialect recognized by the Greeks.

Baal-lashon is lord of The Tongue

"Never was Satan's wisdom so craftily used as when he secured universal acceptance of this traditional belief:
.........for it has succeeded in fixing the attention of mankind on the letter and the means,
.........and thus blinding the eyes to the solemn fact that
.........the Fall of man had to do solely with the Word of God,
.........and is centered in the sin of believing Satan's lie instead of Jehovah's truth."

Take it or leave it, but the "serpent" Satan used in the garden of Eden was a "musician" or a Nachash where Paul equates speaking in tongues (lachash) to playing musical instuments which cannot speak.

9
DSS: They have overtaken me in a narrow pass (gap) without escape
.........And there is no rest for me in my trial.
.........They sound my censure upon a harp
.........and their murmuring and storming upon a zither." Ps.41:11

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. Isaiah 29:24

The priests used the trumpets to triumph over the enemy who was called "beliar." The warriors also "twanged" tens of thousands of bow strings to make the sound of rushing water while the Levites played their harps or zithers. Even during the burning of animal sacrifices this was to keep the sound of evil away from the priests.

Apollo (Abaddon or Apollyon) is the god of twanging arrows and harmony. Literal melody or harmony is derived from the twanging of the bow string as it sends a "singing" arrow directly into your heart. See the twanging background.

In the War Rules of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The ministry of the priests and Levites.

DSS: "When the battle line are arrayed against the enemy battle line against battle line there shall go forth from the middle opening into the gap between the battle lines seven priests of the sons of Aaron, dressed in fine white linen garments: a linen tunic and linen breeches, and girded with a linen sash of twined fine linen, violet, '"purple, and crimson, and a varicolored Sign, the work of a skillful workman, and decorated caps on their heads; the garments for battle, and they shall not take them into the sanctuary.

The one priest shall walk before all the men of the battle line to encourage them for battle.

In the hands of the remaining six shall be the trumpets of assembly' the trumpets of memorial, the trumpets of the alarm, the trumpets of pursuit, and the trumpets of reassembly.

[Now as for you, take courage and stand in the gap, do not fear when God strengthens . . . ] 17-20 [ . . ] Col. 17 land He shall appoint their retribution with burning

When the priests go out into the gap between the battle lines,
seven Levites shall go out with them. In their hands shall be seven trumpets of rams' horns.
Three officers from among the Levites shall
walk before the priests and the Levites.
Then the priests shall blow on the six
trumpets of the slain a sharp staccato note to direct the battle,
and the Levites and all the people with rams' horns shall
blow a great battle alarm together in order to melt the heart of the enemy.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. Psa 22:14

DSS: On the banner of the tho[us]and they shall write, "The Anger of God is loosed against Belial and all the men of his forces without remnant,"

And on the banner of the ten they shall write, "Songs of joy for God on the ten-stringed harp," and the name of the chief of the ten and the names of the nine men in his command.

All musical words are associated with Satan or with the panic attack by instrumental warriors.

Daqaq (h1854) daw-kak'; a prim. root [comp. 1915]; to crush (or intrans.) crumble: - beat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small).

Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. Isa 28:28

AND it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. Luke 6:1

Psocho (g5597) pso'-kho; prol. from the same base as 5567; to triturate, i.e. (by anal.) to rub out (kernels from husks with the fingers or hand): - rub.

Psallo (g5567) psal'-lo; prob. strengthened from psao, (to rub or touch the surface; comp. 5597); to twitch or twang, i.e. to play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes): - make melody, sing (psalms)

God specificially prohibited the alarm or "making a joyful noise" when the congregation assembled for instruction:

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. Numbers 10:7

Music "abraded" or ground the enemy into panic (psallo) but it was outlawed in the synagogues or assembly and would, based on silence, be outlawed for the ekklesia which was the Greek word for assembly now falsely translated "church."

However hard the "musical worship teams" try to "stand in the gap" between the congregation and God, they will not triumph. And even when they claim to be "mediators between God and man" they will not succeed. However, for a moment, they will induce panic in defeating God's people and call it "praise." However, the praise songs we quoted above were to so boast of your own power (compositions) that the enemy would just melt away. The enemies of Christ were the musical priests and Levites who tried to force him to sing and dance the erotic Dionysus "worship" ritual. Judas with his flute case would be the agent of Satan. However:

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. Psa 41:11

Ruwa (h7321) roo-ah'; a prim. root; to mar (espec. by breaking); fig. to split the ears (with sound), i. e. shout (for alarm or joy): - blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.

However, the clergy warriors would cause God Incarnate to suffer as a human even to death but He would not remain defeated.

DSS: Anguish seizes me
.........like the pangs of a woman in travail, (John 16:21)
.........and my heart is troubled within me.
.........I am clothed in blackness
.........and my tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth. (Vermes, 165f)

See The Picture Here.

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls (divide, make of none effect) of Bashan have beset me round. Ps.22:12 (The cows of Bashan in Amos with musical worship)

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening (tearing to pieces like the SOP) and a roaring lion Ps 22:13

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. Ps 22:15

For dogs (keleb or male prostitutes) have compassed (danced the choral dance like Dionysus) me:
the
assembly (family assembly) of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. Ps 22:16

God defined what He would to to the Assyrians as a promise of what He would do to Israel and Judah. In the version which Jesus assuredly read, God asks through Isaiah:

Must ye always rejoice, and go into my holy places continually, as they that keep a feast? and must ye go with a pipe, as those that rejoice into the mountain of the Lord, to the God of Israel Isaiah 30:29 LXX

God often defines the punishment for sin by applying it first to a foreign nation whom Israel imitated. The meaning, however, was that Israel, too, would be destroyed to the beat of instrumental music and be burned up as a million people were at the final temple destruction. The Roman military would have destroyed Judah this way:

and the Lord shall make his glorious voice to be heard and the wrath of his arm, to make a display with wrath and anger and devouring flame: he shall lighten terribly, and his wrath shall be as water and violent hail. Isaiah 30:30 LXX

For by the voice of the Lord the Assyrians shall be overcome, even by the stroke where with he shall smite them. Isaiah 30:31 LXX

And it shall happen to him from every side, that they from whom their hope of assistance was, in which he trusted, themselves shall war against him in turn with drums and with harp. Isaiah 30:32 LXX

And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. Isaiah 30:32KJV

Again DSS: Anguish seizes me 
.........like the pangs of a woman in travail, (John 16:21)
and my heart is troubled within me.
.........I am clothed in blackness
.........and my tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth. (Vermes, 165f)

9 DSS: My strength has gone from my body
.........and my heart runs out like water;
my flesh is dissolved (melted) like wax
.........and the strength of my loins is turned to fear.

Again, We note: Fill them with cowardice; melt the boldness of their strength; let them tremble in their destruction. 1 Macc. 4:32

Strike them down with the sword of those who love thee, and let all who know thy name praise thee with hymns." 1 Macc. 4: 33

DSS: My arm is torn from its socket
.........and I can lift my hand no more;
.........My foot is held by fetters
.........and my knees slide like water;
.........I can no longer walk.

See how the people of Heb 11:35 were tortured this way.

Like Judas (the flute-playing assassin), Ahithophel proposed to betray David by attacking him with the instruments of warfare. Ahithophel is a prophetic symbol of Judas:

MOREOVER Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night 2 Samuel 17:1

And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite (h5221) the king only: 2 Samuel 17:2

And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. 2 Samuel 17:3

AHITHOPHIEL COMMITTED SUICIDE BY HANGING HIMSELF- 

"And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father."  2 Sam 17:23 

This is only part of the story though.  Psalm 41:9, has a greater depth than most folks realize. That highly significant passage not only Historically refers to Ahithophel, but Prophetically, it points to Judas Iscariot, the disciple, Apostle, and "follower" of Christ. Our minds only need to return to that night of the Last Supper, where the Lord was sharing the Passover with his disciples.

Zechariah prophesies this of Messiah:

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts:

smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered (a stumbling block):
and I will
turn mine hand upon the little ones. Zech 13:7

In preparation for the musical "triumph over" with trumpets and the Judas' instruments Jesus showed the spiritual power of a hymn:

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. Matthew 26:30

Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. Matthew 26:31

DSS: I cannot step forward lightly,
.........For my legs and arms are bound by shackles
.........which cause me to stumble.
 
The tongue is gone back which Thou didst make
.........marvelously mighty within my mouth;
.........it can no longer give voice.
 
I have no word for my disciples
.........to revive the spirit of those who stumble
..................and to speak words of support to the weary.
My circumcised lips are dumb.

See how the Dead Sea Scrolls identify the enemy as "belial." And the Jews identified Jesus as the enemy or Beelzebub. See Also Alexander Hislop.

And now let us cry to Heaven, to see whether he will favor us and remember his covenant with our fathers and crush this army before us today. 1 Macc 4:10

Then all the Gentiles will know that there is one who redeems and saves Israel." 1 Macc 4: 11
When the foreigners looked up and saw them coming against them, 1 Macc 4: 12
they went forth from their camp to battle. Then the
men with Judas blew their trumpets 1 Macc 4: 13
and engaged in battle. The Gentiles were crushed and fled into the plain, 1 Macc 4: 14

They saw that their army had been put to flight, and that the Jews were burning the camp, for the smoke that was seen showed what had happened. 1 Macc 4: 20

So do thou hem in this army by the hand of thy people Israel, and let them be ashamed of their troops and their cavalry. 1 Macc 4: 31
Fill them with cowardice; melt the boldness of their strength; let them tremble in their destruction. 1 Macc 4: 32
Strike them down with the sword of those who love thee
, and let all who know thy name praise thee with hymns." 1 Macc 4: 33

Then both sides attacked, and there fell of the army of Lysias five thousand men; they fell in action. 1 Macc 4: 34

Nevertheless, In Victory:

The spiritual "trumpet player" Approved:

So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. Eze 33:7

When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Eze 33:8

Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? Eze 33:10

Peter repeated this warning:

If any man speak,
let him speak as the oracles of God;
if any man minister,
let him do it as of the ability which God giveth:
that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:11
18 DSS:
I will groan with the zither of lamentation
.........in all grief-stricken mourning and bitter complaint
.........until iniquity and wickedness are consumed

.........
and the disease-bringing scourge is no more.

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. Ps.41:8

DSS: Then will I play on
the zither of deliverance
and harp of joy,
on the tabors of prayer and the pipe of praise
without end.
Ephraim on Our Lord
45. But hear ye the marvel that our Lord wrought. Because that Pharisee supposed that our Lord did not know that the woman who touched Him was a sinner;
........... our Lord made the lips of the Pharisee like the strings of a harp;
........... ........... and by his very lips He sang
........... how she was trampling under foot his sins, though he knew it not.

And he who as though he knew had blamed, was found to be a harp,
........... whereto another could sing of that which he knew.

For our Lord compared the sins of the sinful woman to five hundred dinars, and caused them to pass into the hearing of the Pharisee by the parable which he heard;

and again brought them forth from his mouth in the judgment he gave;
 
though Simon knew not, when he was judging, that those five hundred dinars denoted the sins of the sinful woman.
And (the Pharisee) who thought concerning our Lord that He had not knowledge of her sins, was himself found not to have knowledge of them, when he heard of those debts in the parable,
and gave judgment concerning them with his voice. But when it was explained to him at last by our Lord.
 
then the Pharisee knew that alike his ears and also his lips were, as it were,
 
instruments for our Lord, through which He might sing the glories of His knowledge.

For this Pharisee was the fellow of those scribes,

whose sentence by their own mouths our Lord gave against them;-
What then will the Lord of the vineyard do to those husbandmen?
They say unto Him, against themselves:-He will terribly destroy them, and will hire out the vineyard to husbandmen who will render unto Him the fruit in its season.
 
This is the Godhead to which all things are easy, which by the mouths, the very mouths that blasphemed it, pronounced the sentence of those very mouths against them.
 
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him. Isa 57:19
 
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. Heb 13:15

The Community Rule (1QS) reads in part much like Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3:

DSS: And at the beginning of their weeks
for the season of Jubilee.
All my life the engraved Precept shall be on my tongue
as the fruit of praise
and the portion of my lips.
 
I will sing with knowledge and all my music
shall be for the glory of God.
(My) lyre (and) my harp shall sound
for His holy order
and I will tune the pipe of my lips
to His right measure.

Because Christ suffered without the camp, we have to go there to find Him. Therefore, Paul demanded:

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. Heb.13:15

I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him. Isa 57:19

DSS: "In the Hymns of Thanksgiving in the Dead Sea Scrolls, we are confronted with a number of references to music which are, as in some Pauline passages, mere rhetorical deviced--e.g.:

They roared abuse of me
To the Play of the lyre
And in mocking-songs uttered their sneers (ch. V)

Jer 15:17:

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. Jer 15:17

Zaam (h2195) zah'-am; from 2194; strictly froth at the mouth, i. e. (fig.) fury (espec. of God's displeasure with sin): - angry, indignation, rage.
Alaz (h5937) aw-laz'; a prim. root; to jump for joy, i. e. exult: - be joyful, rejoice, triumph.
But suddenly I saw
That there was no distress
To tear me with pain
I played then my harp
With sounds of redemption,
My lyre to joyful strains,
Yea, I blew the pipe and the flute
In ceaseless praise (ch. XI)

"Such allegorizing passages contain the nucleuses of the later substance, and perhaps the presage of the future trends of Christian music. The first three centuries of the church witnessed many controversies; some of them concerned themselves directly with music. The most important of these issues were:

(a) organized versus spontaneous praying and singing;
(
b) scriptural versus extrascriptural poems;
(
c) fusion with Hellenistic music;
(d)
vocal versus instrumental music;
(
e) the rise of monasticism and its influence upon ecclesiastical chant." (Interpreter's Dict of the Bible, Music, p. 467).

The first problem occurred when the doxologies of the Bible which were like Psalms were replaced by "a great number of spontaneous and highly individualized doxologies." However, the non-Biblical responses were ratified and codified at the second synod of Vaison in 529. This writing of their own "song book" virtually destroyed spontaneous or Biblical worship.

Save me from the lions mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns (coronets) of the unicorns (bulls). Psalm 22:21

I will declare (teach about) thy name unto my brethren:
In the
midst of the congregation will I praise (praise) thee. Psalm 22:22

Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. Psalm 22:23

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. Psalm 22:24

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation (qahal or synagogue): I will pay my vows before them that fear him. Psalm 22:25

The congregation or Synagogue had no instruments and no "praise service." Therefore, Jesus actually repudiated temple worship and endorsed the Synagogue which was school and not pagan worship center.

While the trumpets were given to panic the enemy or signal camp movements:

But when the congregation (qahal) is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. Numbers 10:7

This alarm may sound like fun and games for "the worship service." However, it is the battle cry in which you try to melt the hearts of the enemy and make them into cowards. This is what they would try on Jesus:

Ruwa (h7321) roo-ah'; a prim. root; to mar (espec. by breaking); fig. to split the ears (with sound), i. e. shout (for alarm or joy): - blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.

Praise is continuous declaring of God and not "an act of worship":

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. Psalm 22:26

Darash (h1875) daw-rash'; a prim. root; prop. to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by impl. to seek or ask; specifically to worship: - ask, * at all, care for, * diligently, inquire, make inquisition, [necro-] mancer, question, require, search, seek [for, out], * surely.

Worship is not a praise service but prostrating self before God:

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship (prostrate themselves) before thee. Psalm 22:27

The "like the nation's" temple and the Jewish clergy used the "harps of David" but not of God. And because some of the instruments in Psalm 150 were not permitted in the Temple it is suggested that may instruments were allegories for the "harp of God" through whom God speaks.

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire:

> and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name,

Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. Luke 22:3

Number means something added up. Arithmos is from the Greek:

Airo (g142) ah'ee-ro; a prim. verb; to lift; by impl. to take up or away; fig. to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind); spec. to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Heb. [comp. 5375] to expiate sin: - away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).

> stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. Rev15:2

The BEAST is ZOE, the female instructing principle.

God creates the fruit of the lips but He does not create literal harps to be "the homes of the competing gods."

I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him. Isa 57:19

Paul commanded a way to do this without creating the burden Jesus came to remove from "spiritual anxiety created by religious ritual."

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, Eph 5:19

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise--the fruit of lips that confess his name. Heb.13:15

When we praise God it is through Jesus: when we play instruments we try to force Jesus to play instruments. Our worship is spiritual or mental, but instruments try to praise god through a machine.

See a similar account in the Psalms of Solomon.

XV. A Psalm. Of Solomon. With a Song.

1 When I was in distress I called upon the name of the Lord,
I hoped for the help of the God of Jacob and was saved;
2 For the hope and refuge of the poor art Thou, O God.
3 For who, O God, is strong except to give thanks unto Thee in truth?
4 And wherein is a man powerful except in giving thanks to Thy name?
5 A new psalm with song in gladness of heart,
The fruit of the lips with the
well-tuned instrument of the tongue,
The firstfruits of the lips from a pious and righteous heart

Because believers cannot participate either with the animal burning or its music, we must go outside came because we will not find Christ in the temple:

Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. Hebrews 13:13

For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. Hebrews 13:14
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. Hebrews 13:15

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Hebrews 13:16

As we noted above, this last verse shows that the enemy would try to triumph over or excommunicate or mock Jesus with musical instruments.

The Judas Bag or Box and the Musical Triumph Over Connection

It is a little-known mystery that the Judas bag (he was a thief) was for "carrying the mouthpieces of wind instruments." Judas would be classed along with the clergy who "piped" for Jesus to frighten or panic Him into rising up like a warrior to go into battle against the Romans. Or they would force Him to dance the Dionysos, choral dance which would mark Him as effeminate. Science now knows that music creates the "fight or flight" syndrome and both have a sexual relationship. It didn't work of Jesus.

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, Matt 11:16
And saying, We have
piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. Matt 11:17

This Judas bag is from the Greek and ALWAYS attached to the Flute Case:

Glosokomon (g1101) gloce-sok'-om-on; from 1100 (speaking in tongues) and the base of 2889; prop. a case to keep mouthpieces of wind-instruments in, i.e. (by extens.) a casket or (spec.) purse: - bag.

It is made up of two words:

1. Glossa (from Strong's g1100) means "speaking in tongues" especially an unacquired one.
2.
Kosmos (g2889) means the "orderly arrangement" or the "adorning" world. this is derived from (g2864 or Komizo which means "to carry off."
Kosmos
(g2889) kos'-mos; prob. from the base of 2865; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by impl. the world (in a wide or narrow sense, includ. its inhab., lit. or fig. [mor.]): - adorning, world.

Lashown (H3956) law-shone'; also (in plur.) fem. from 3960; the tongue (of man or anmals), used

literally. (as the instrument of licking, eating, of speech), and
figurative. (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove or water): - babbler, bay, / evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge

lashan (h3960) law-shan'; a prim. root; prop. to lick; but used only as a denom. from 3956;

to wag the tongue, i. e. to calumniate: - accuse, slander.

Strange or stammering tongues is much like naba which described the "prophets" who sang with musical instruments and drove themselves into slobering madness to prove that they had contacted a god--

Laeg (h3934) law-ayg'; from 3932; a buffoon; also a foreigner: - mocker, stammering.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: Ps 35:15

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. Ps.35:16

lag (h3932) law-ag'; a prim. root; to deride; by impl. (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly: - have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.

Musical mastery was often associated with astrology. The planets or "roving stars" were believed to be gods. The order of the kosmos was controlled and made available to the human worshipers through the effort of the musicians to bring order and harmony into the lives of people so that they would not be destroyed. Much like the Jewish Jubilee, the Aztecs believed that their ritual aided the gods because they were not able to keep the roving stars from destroying their homes.

See Augustine on Psalm 41

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