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Song of Solomon 1:8

Song of Solomon 1:8
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

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Barnes' Notes

Song of Solomon 1:5-8

This section is made by the Targumist and other Jewish interpreters to adumbrate the condition of Israel in the wilderness; by some Christian expositors, that of the Gentile Church on her first…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

by the footsteps of the flock i.e. hard on the footsteps, in the very tracks of the sheep, until she reaches the place where the shepherds" tents are set up, and there she will find him.