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Turn your eyes from me,
    for they excite me.[a]
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    coming down from Mt. Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
    coming up from being washed.[b]
All of them are twins,
    not one has lost[c] her young.
Your temple[d] behind your veil
    is like a slice of pomegranate.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:5 Or overwhelm me
  2. Song of Solomon 6:6 Lit. from washing
  3. Song of Solomon 6:6 Lit. been bereaved of; i.e. her teeth match
  4. Song of Solomon 6:7 Or brow

Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(A)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
    not one of them is missing.(B)
Your temples behind your veil(C)
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(D)

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