A Pocket Book of Biblical References — Page 88
A POCKET BOOK OF BI BLICAL REFE RENCES 88 the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 3. 3/7 SONGS OF SOLOMON: I charge you, 0 daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes are as the eyes of the doves by the rivers of water, washed with milk and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as flowers his lips like lilies, dropping sweet myrrh. His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. His legs are as pillars of marbel, set upon sockets of fine gold; his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. His mouth is most sweet: yea he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, 0 daughters of, Jerusalem. 5. 8/16 DANIEL: Thou, 0 king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee: and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his holly and his thighs of brass. His legs of iron, his feet