The Message Bible MSG
English Standard Version ESV
1 How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!
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Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
2 It's like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard, Flowing down Aaron's beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes.
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It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
3 It's like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion. Yes, that's where God commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.
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It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.
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