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Psalms 133
Three verses, one image stacked on another. The poet praises kindred living together in unity and reaches for two pictures to say what that feels like: oil running down Aaron's beard onto his robes, and the dew of Hermon falling on Zion's hills. Watch how the comparisons move downward — oil descending, dew descending — and land on the last word, a blessing the LORD commands there: life forever.
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See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
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It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that came down on the edge of his robes,
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like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there the LORD gives the blessing, even life forever more.
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Cántico gradual: de David. ¡MIRAD cuán bueno y cuán delicioso es habitar los hermanos igualmente en uno!
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Es como el buen óleo sobre la cabeza, el cual desciende sobre la barba, la barba de Aarón, y que baja hasta el borde de sus vestiduras;
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Como el rocío de Hermón, que desciende sobre los montes de Sión: porque allí envía Jehová bendición, y vida eterna.
Why oil and dew
Both images are about something poured from above that spreads and saturates. The anointing oil ties unity to the priesthood of Aaron; Hermon's dew, carried south to dry Zion, makes it a gift no one manufactures. One of the Songs of Ascents, sung by pilgrims gathering at the temple, it fits a crowd arriving together.
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