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12 Before I realized it, I was stricken with terrible homesickness and wanted to be back among my own people.”[a]

The Young Women of Jerusalem: 13 “Return, return to us, O maid of Shulam. Come back, come back, that we may see you once again.”

The Girl: “Why should you seek a mere Shulammite?”

King Solomon: “Because you dance so beautifully.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:12 among my own people, literally, “among the chariots of my princely people.” Another possible reading is, “beside my beloved in his chariot.”
  2. Song of Solomon 6:13 you dance so beautifully, literally, “you move as upon a dance before two armies.”

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