A moment in scripture
Song of Solomon 2:8
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The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
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The surrounding passage
- Song of Solomon 2:6
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
- Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
- Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
- Song of Solomon 2:10
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.