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Song Of Solomon 6:7-13 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

7. Your cheeks behind your veil are like halves of a pomegranate.

8. Sixty queens there are, eighty concubines, and maidens beyond number.

9. My dove, she is the one; my perfect, she is the only one; she is the favorite of her mother who bore her. Maidens see her and consider her fortunate; queens and concubines praise her:

10. “Who is this that looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, overwhelming as an army with banners?”

11. I went down to the orchard of the walnut trees to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines have sprouted, whether the pomegranates have blossomed.

12. I did not know my heart set me in a chariot of my princely people.

13. Turn, turn, O Shulammite! Turn, turn so that we may look upon you! Why do you look upon the Shulammite as at a dance of the two armies?