OLD TESTAMENT

Song of Songs 5:10

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My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.

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Verse 10. Ruddy. Or shining. Et color in niveo corpore purpureus. The divine and human nature, or the conception and sufferings of Christ are thus described. Calmet.—The spouse gives this admirable description of her beloved. Bible.

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