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12 His eyes are like doves [1:15]
    by ·springs [streams] of water.
They seem to be bathed in ·cream [milk; C referring to the white of the eye]
    ·and are set like jewels [or sitting by pools].
13 His cheeks are like beds of spices [C his beard is perfumed];
    ·they smell like mounds of perfume [L growing aromatics].
His lips are like lilies
    flowing with myrrh [4:14].
14 His ·hands [or arms] are like gold ·hinges [or bars],
    ·filled with jewels [L set with Tarshish stones; C a location in Spain; perhaps a black jet stone or golden topaz].
His ·body [or member] is like ·shiny ivory [or an ivory tusk]
    ·covered with sapphires [ornamented with lapis].

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12 His eyes are like doves(A)
    by the water streams,
washed in milk,(B)
    mounted like jewels.
13 His cheeks(C) are like beds of spice(D)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies(E)
    dripping with myrrh.(F)
14 His arms are rods of gold
    set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
    decorated with lapis lazuli.(G)

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