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Song of Songs 4:1

Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes behind your veil: your hair is like a flock of goats, going down from mount Gilead.

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Aquinas Study Bible

AD 2017

Next the bride is praised by using the parable of a beautiful woman. By means of this parable, one should see the spiritual beauty of the bride, that is, the spiritual beauty of Israel during the Old Testament.(Nicholas of Lyra) Or all these descriptions are extended on account of the multiplicity of the Church. (glossa ordinaria) eyes: because God's people see things spiritually. (Theodoret of Cyrus) doves: because the Holy Spirit appeared as a dove. hairs like a flock of goats: these are the weaker of God's people who are present in large numbers. (St. Bede) Gilead: in Hebrew means 'testimony.' The people of God give witness to Him. see Mt 10:32 (glossa ordinaria)

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