Ancient Flutes or Pipes

Flute or Pipe

Double Flute

Examples of Flutes from the Ancient World

In ancient times flutes or pipes were very popular and made of bone, reed, ivory or metal.

The Bible mentions a lot regarding Praise and "Thanksgiving"

Isaiah 51:3 - For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Leviticus 22:29 - And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer [it] at your own will.

Psalms 147:7 - Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

Revelation 7:12 - Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, [be] unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Nehemiah 11:17 - And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, [was] the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Amos 4:5 - And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim [and] publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

1 Timothy 4:3 - Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Leviticus 7:13 - Besides the cakes, he shall offer [for] his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

Leviticus 7:15 - And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

Nehemiah 12:8 - Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, [which was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

Nehemiah 12:46 - For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

Jeremiah 30:19 - And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

Psalms 100:4 - Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.

Jonah 2:9 - But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.

2 Corinthians 4:15 - For all things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

Philippians 4:6 - Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Colossians 2:7 - Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Psalms 95:2 - Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Psalms 107:22 - And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

Psalms 116:17 - I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.

Psalms 26:7 - That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

2 Corinthians 9:11 - Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

1 Timothy 4:4 - For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Psalms 50:14 - Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

Psalms 69:30 - I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Colossians 4:2 - Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Leviticus 7:12 - If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.