Song of Solomon 4:12-14

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¹²My darling, my bride,
    you are pure like a locked garden.
You are like a locked pool,
    a closed fountain.
¹³Your limbs are like a garden
    filled with pomegranates and other pleasant fruit,
with all the best spices:
    henna,^[a]

¹⁴nard, saffron,^[b] calamus,^[c] and cinnamon.^[d]

Your limbs are like a garden
filled with trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloe.

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Footnotes

Song of Solomon 4:13 henna A plant with sweet-smelling, blue-yellow flowers that grows in clusters (groups) like grapes.
Song of Solomon 4:14 saffron A kind of yellow flower used in making perfume.
Song of Solomon 4:14 calamus A kind of reed plant used in making perfume.
Song of Solomon 4:14 cinnamon A kind of plant used as a spice and in making perfume.