Read Song of Songs 8.6-14: In verses 6-7: Sayings on love. Documents were secured with wax, which were then stamped with a seal bearing the owner's distinctive symbol. The woman marks the man as her own. In verses 8-14: Miscellaneous poems. The brothers, mentioned in ch. 1, speak. In verse 9: If on her wedding day she has been chaste (a wall), they will give her silver ornaments. If she has not, they will guard her. In verse 10: She maintains that she is chaste, and mature with full breasts (towers). In verses 11-12: The man maintains that his vineyard (that is, the woman) is better than that of Solomon, where a single piece of fruit was worth a thousand pieces of silver. Baal-harmon means "possessor of wealth." The location is unknown. In verse 13: The woman speaks these final verses. Comments or Questions..
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