Song of Solomon 7

New American Standard Bible

Admiration by the Groom

7 “^[a]How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
^[b]^(A)Prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.
²Your navel is like a round goblet
That never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat,
^[c]Surrounded with lilies.
³Your ^(B)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
⁴Your ^(C)neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in ^(D)Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which looks toward Damascus.
⁵Your head ^[d]crowns you like ^(E)Carmel,
And the flowing hair of your head is like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
⁶How ^(F)beautiful and how delightful you are,
^[e]My love, with all your delights!
⁷^[f]Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.
⁸I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will grasp its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your ^[g]breath like ^(G)apples,
⁹And your ^[h]^(H)mouth like the best wine!”

The Bride

“It ^(I)goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.

The Union of Love

¹⁰“^(J)I am my beloved’s,
And his ^(K)desire is for me.
¹¹Come, my beloved, let’s go out to the ^[i]country,
Let’s spend the night in the villages.
¹²Let’s rise early and go to the vineyards;
Let’s ^(L)see whether the vine has grown
And its buds have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
¹³The ^(M)mandrakes have given forth fragrance;
And over our doors are all ^(N)delicious fruits,
New as well as old,
Which I have saved for you, my beloved.

Footnotes

Song of Solomon 7:1 Ch 7:2 in Heb
Song of Solomon 7:1 Or Nobleman’s
Song of Solomon 7:2 Lit Fenced around
Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit is upon
Song of Solomon 7:6 Or With love among your charms
Song of Solomon 7:7 Lit This stature of yours
Song of Solomon 7:8 Lit nose
Song of Solomon 7:9 Lit palate
Song of Solomon 7:11 Lit field

Hebrews 7

New American Standard Bible

Melchizedek’s Priesthood like Christ’s

7 For this ^(A)Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the ^(B)Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, ²to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace. ³Without father, without mother, ^(C)without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like ^(D)the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

⁴Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the ^(E)patriarch, ^(F)gave a tenth of the choicest spoils. ⁵And those indeed of ^(G)the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment ^[a]in the Law to collect ^[b]a tenth from the people, that is, from their countrymen, although they ^[c]are descended from Abraham. ⁶But the one ^(H)whose genealogy is not traced from them ^(I)collected ^[d]a tenth from Abraham and ^[e]^(J)blessed the one who ^(K)had the promises. ⁷But without any dispute the lesser person is blessed by the greater. ⁸In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case one receives them, ^(L)of whom it is witnessed that he lives on. ⁹And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, has paid tithes, ¹⁰for he was still in the loins of his ^[f]forefather when Melchizedek met him.

¹¹^(M)So if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it ^(N)the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise ^(O)according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron? ¹²For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also. ¹³For ^(P)the one about whom ^(Q)these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar. ¹⁴For it is evident that our Lord ^[g]was ^(R)descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses said nothing concerning priests. ¹⁵And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek, ¹⁶who has become a priest not on the basis of a law of ^[h]^(S)physical requirement, but according to the power of ^(T)an indestructible life. ¹⁷For it is attested of Him,

“^(U)You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

¹⁸For, on the one hand, there is the nullification of a former commandment ^(V)because of its weakness and uselessness ¹⁹(for ^(W)the Law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, there is the introduction of a better ^(X)hope, through which we ^(Y)come near to God. ²⁰And to the extent that it was not without an oath ²¹(for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him,

“^(Z)The Lord has sworn
And ^(AA)will not change His mind,
‘You are a priest ^(AB)forever’”);

²²by the same extent Jesus also has become the ^[i]^(AC)guarantee of ^(AD)a better covenant.

²³^[j]The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing; ²⁴^[k]Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues ^(AE)forever, holds His priesthood permanently. ²⁵Therefore He is also able to ^(AF)save ^[l]forever those who ^(AG)come to God through Him, since He always lives to ^(AH)make intercession for them.

²⁶For it was fitting for us to have such a ^(AI)high priest, ^(AJ)holy, ^(AK)innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and ^(AL)exalted above the heavens; ²⁷who has no daily need, like those high priests, to ^(AM)offer up sacrifices, ^(AN)first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because He did this ^(AO)once for all time when He ^(AP)offered up Himself. ²⁸For the Law appoints men as high priests ^(AQ)who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints ^(AR)a Son, who has been ^(AS)made perfect forever.