OLD TESTAMENT

Song of Songs 5:11

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His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.

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Verse 11. Gold. God is the head of Christ, (1 Corinthians 11:3) and is most pure. N.—The guards of Solomon were powdered with gold dust. Jos. Ant.—Branches. Elatæ, or fruits of the male palm-tree. Theod. Plin. xiii. 4.

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