Song of Songs 1:5-6
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5 I am black and beautiful,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
like the tents of Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.(A)
6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has gazed on me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
they made me keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have not kept!(B)
Song of Songs 2:7
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7 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the wild does:
do not stir up or awaken love
until it is ready!(A)
Song of Songs 3:5
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5 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the wild does:
do not stir up or awaken love
until it is ready!(A)
Song of Songs 3:10-11
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10 He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with stone.
Daughters[a] of Jerusalem,(A)
11 come out and look[b]
at King Solomon,
at the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
on the day of the gladness of his heart.
Song of Songs 5:8-9
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8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
if you find my beloved,
tell him this:
I am faint with love.(A)
Colloquy of Friends and the Young Woman
9 What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O fairest among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus charge us?(B)
Song of Songs 5:16
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16 His speech is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved, and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.(A)
Song of Songs 8:4
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4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
do not stir up or awaken love
until it is ready!(A)
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