Song of Solomon 4:6
Until the day rises and the shadows decline, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
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In Context
5Your two breasts are like two young does, twins that pasture among the lilies.
7You are totally beautiful, my love, and there is no blemish in you.
Cross References
Exodus 30:8And when he assembles them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
Exodus 37:29He also composed the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and the incense, from the purest aromatics, with the skill of a perfumer.
Song of Solomon 4:14aromatic oil and saffron; sweet cane and cinnamon, with all the trees of Lebanon; myrrh and aloe, with all the best ointments.
Malachi 1:11For, from the rising of the sun even to its setting, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place, a clean oblation is being sacrificed and offered to my name. For my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of hosts.
Luke 1:9according to the custom of the priesthood, the lot fell so that he would offer incense, entering into the temple of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:2-8
The Beauty of the Church. 1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for… Read the whole commentary →