Song of Solomon 4:1
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How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
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Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.