Song of Solomon 5:15

“His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold, etc.] The allusion may be to the “femoralia”, or garments on the thighs of the high priest when he ministered in holy things, who was a type of Christ; which were made of thee twined linen, and, as the Rabbins sayf367, of thread six times doubled; and so must sit very full and stiff, and be like pillars of marble, for colour, firmness, and stiffness; and below which was the hem of the holy robe: and, round about that, were pomegranates and golden bells, and which may be alluded to in the next clause, “set upon sockets of fine gold”; or else the allusion may be to the customf368 of the eastern countries, where they sandals,…”

“His countenance - Or, his appearance (his whole port and mien, but especially head and countenance) “is as the Lebanon.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“Marble - White, and strait, and well shaped and strong. Gold - His feet are compared to gold, for their singular brightness, for which they are compared to fine - brass, Rev 1:15. Countenance - Heb. his aspect or appearance, his form or person. Lebanon - In respect of its cedars, tall, and upright, and stately. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 5:16”

“5:15 Lebanon was to the north of Israel and contained legendary cedar trees that were large, stately, and pleasantly fragrant.”

“legs: Rev 1:15 sockets: Exo 26:19 his countenance: Sol 2:14; Jdg 13:6; Mat 17:2, Mat 28:3; Act 2:28; Rev 1:16 as Lebanon: Sol 4:11; Psa 92:12; Hos 14:7; Zac 9:17; Ti1 3:16 Song of Solomon (Canticles) 5:16”

“15a His legs white marble columns, Set on bases of fine gold. If the beauty of the living must be represented, not by colours, but in figurative language, this cannot otherwise be done than by the selection of minerals, plants, and things in general for the comparison, and the comparison must more or less come short, because dead soulless matter does not reach to a just and full representation of the living. Thus here, also, the description of the lower extremity, which reaches from the thighs and the legs down to the feet, of which last, in the words of an anatomist, (Note: Hyrtl's Lehrbuch der Anat. des Menschen, sec. 155.) it may be said that "they form the pedestal for the bony pillars…”