Song of Solomon - Unlocking The Bible
David Pawson - ’Unlocking the Bible’ Podcast
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The Sun and the Bride in the Middle East
In the Middle East they keep a bride out of the sun for 12 months before the wedding to get a nice and pale. If you've got a very pale skin, don't get on the back of a camel in the Middle East or we'll see you disappear over the nearest sand dune singing the desert song. It's what they did to Esther, Queen Esther. She complained that she had to look after their vineyards so much that she neglected her own. Furthermore, something else happened to her which meant that she was likely to stay a slave to her brothers for the rest of her life. Now here that would be an attraction. We all head off for Spain to get a bit
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