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Fragrant herb beds with lilies and drops of myrrh, low close camera.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Song of Songs 5:13

Beds of Spice

The Door and the Missing Beloved · Song of Songs 5

Story guide: The woman describes cheeks and lips through fragrant herbs, lilies, and flowing myrrh. Notice the flower beds and aromatic resin gathered in the picture. Her praise moves beyond appearance into imagined scent and sweetness, expressing the appeal of being close to him through several senses at once.

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13His cheeks are like beds of spice, mounds of fragrant herbs; his lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.

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