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"We have a little sister too young for breasts. What will we do if someone asks to marry her?
9
If she is chaste, we will strengthen and encourage her. But if she is promiscuous, we will shut her off from men. a " Young Woman:
10
"I am chaste, and I am now full breasted. And my lover is content with me.
11
"Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon, which he rents to some farmers there. Each of them pays one thousand pieces of silver b for its use.
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But as for my own vineyard, O Solomon, you can take my thousand pieces of silver. And I will give two hundred pieces of silver c to those who care for its vines." Young Man:
13
"O my beloved, lingering in the gardens, how wonderful that your companions can listen to your voice. Let me hear it, too!" Young Woman:
14
"Come quickly, my love! Move like a swift gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices."
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online)
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