1Bride: May my beloved enter into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees.

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Song of Solomon 6:2, Song of Solomon 6:2, Song of Solomon 4:16, Song of Solomon 4:16, Song of Solomon 4:9

2Groom to Bride: I have arrived in my garden, O my sister, my spouse. I have harvested my myrrh, with my aromatic oils. I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, O most beloved.

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Revelation 3:20, Revelation 3:20, Song of Solomon 2:14, Song of Solomon 2:14, Song of Solomon 6:9

3Bride: I sleep, yet my heart watches. The voice of my beloved knocking:

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Luke 11:7, Luke 11:7, Proverbs 3:28, Proverbs 13:4, Matthew 25:5

4Groom to Bride: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my immaculate one. For my head is full of dew, and the locks of my hair are full of the drops of the night.

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Philippians 2:13, Psalms 110:3, Song of Solomon 1:4, Acts 16:14, 1 Kings 3:26

5Bride: I have taken off my tunic; how shall I be clothed in it? I have washed my feet; how shall I spoil them?

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Song of Solomon 5:13, Song of Solomon 5:13, Ephesians 3:17, Ephesians 3:17, 2 Corinthians 7:9

6My beloved put his hand through the window, and my inner self was moved by his touch.

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Song of Solomon 5:2, Song of Solomon 5:2, Revelation 3:19, Revelation 3:19, Song of Solomon 6:1

7I rose up in order to open to my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers were full of the finest myrrh.

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Song of Solomon 3:3, Song of Solomon 3:3, John 16:2, Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 6:11

8I opened the bolt of my door to my beloved. But he had turned aside and had gone away. My soul melted when he spoke. I sought him, and did not find him. I called, and he did not answer me.

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Song of Solomon 2:5, Song of Solomon 2:7, Song of Solomon 2:5, Song of Solomon 2:7, Psalms 42:1

9The keepers who circulate through the city found me. They struck me, and wounded me. The keepers of the walls took my veil away from me.

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Song of Solomon 1:8, Song of Solomon 6:1, Song of Solomon 1:8, Song of Solomon 6:1, Song of Solomon 6:9

10I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, announce to him that I languish through love.

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Psalms 45:2, Psalms 45:2, Philippians 2:9, Philippians 2:11, Psalms 45:17

11Chorus to Bride: What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, so that you would bind us by oath?

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Daniel 7:9, Revelation 1:14, Song of Solomon 7:5, Song of Solomon 5:2, Ephesians 1:21

12Bride: My beloved is white and ruddy, elect among thousands.

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Song of Solomon 4:1, Song of Solomon 1:15, Song of Solomon 4:1, Song of Solomon 1:15, Hebrews 4:13

13His head is like the finest gold. His locks are like the heights of palm trees, and as black as a raven.

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Song of Solomon 1:10, Song of Solomon 1:10, Song of Solomon 6:2, Song of Solomon 2:1, Song of Solomon 6:2

14His eyes are like doves, which have been washed with milk over rivulets of waters, and which reside near plentiful streams.

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Exodus 24:10, Exodus 24:10, Isaiah 54:11, Isaiah 54:11, Exodus 28:20

15His cheeks are like a courtyard of aromatic plants, sown by perfumers. His lips are like lilies, dripping with the best myrrh.

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1 Kings 4:33, Revelation 1:15, Revelation 1:16, 1 Kings 4:33, Revelation 1:15

16His hands are smoothed gold, full of hyacinths. His abdomen is ivory, accented with sapphires.

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Psalms 45:2, Psalms 45:2, Song of Solomon 7:9, Song of Solomon 7:9, Song of Solomon 2:16

17His legs are columns of marble, which have been established over bases of gold. His appearance is like that of Lebanon, elect like the cedars. His throat is most sweet, and he is entirely desirable. Such is my beloved, and he is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. Chorus to Bride: Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? To where has your beloved turned aside, so that we may seek him with you?

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