“But let us now see whether he is saying in the mystical interpretation that "the chariots of Pharaoh and his four-horse chariots" which he himself leads and drives to persecute God's people and to oppress Israel are the souls that have been placed under that spiritual "Pharaoh" and under spiritual wickedness. For it i…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 2:6
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9I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
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7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
8If 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.
— Song of Solomon 1:9 —
10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.