1 How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!
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Look at how good and pleasing it is when families live together as one!
2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down upon the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down over the collar of his robes.
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It is like expensive oil poured over the head, running down onto the beard— Aaron's beard!— which extended over the collar of his robes.
3 It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord ordained his blessing, life forevermore.
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It is like the dew on Mount Hermon streaming down onto the mountains of Zion, because it is there that the LORD has commanded the blessing: everlasting life.
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