Song of Songs 8:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 (A)His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.
4 (B)I adjure you, Daughters of Jerusalem,
do not awaken or stir up love
until it is ready!
The Return from the Desert
5 D?(C) Who is this coming up from the desert,
leaning upon her lover?
W Beneath the apple tree I awakened you;[a]
there your mother conceived you;
there she who bore you conceived.
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