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Texts -- The Song of Songs 7:7-9 (NET)

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The Palm Tree and the Palm Tree Climber
7:7 The Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes . 7:8 I want to climb the palm tree , and take hold of its fruit stalks . May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes , and may the fragrance of your breath be like apricots ! 7:9 May your mouth be like the best wine , flowing smoothly for my beloved , gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.

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  • Sos 7:7-9 -- The Palm Tree and the Palm Tree Climber

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  • Perhaps the outstanding characteristic of this first major section of the book is the sexual restraint that is evident during the courtship. This restraint contrasts with the sexual intimacy that characterizes the lovers afte...
  • Even today we speak of "graceful palm trees."Verse 9b voices the wife's eager response. All these verses reflect the increased freedom in sexual matters that is a normal part of the maturation of marital love. A husband has t...
  • The Shulammite's desire for her husband's love continued to increase throughout their marriage (vv. 1-3).8:1 Ancient Near Easterners frowned on public displays of intimate affection unless closest blood relatives exchanged th...
  • The amount of detail devoted to the descriptions of the gate complexes, both outer and inner, emphasizes that access into the temple will be strictly controlled.40:6 Ezekiel's guide next measured the gate of the city that fac...
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