And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

I put a jewel on thy forehead - rather, 'a ring in thy nose' ().

A crown - at once the badge of a bride, and of her being made a queen, as being consort of the king: the very name Israel meaning 'a prince of God.' So they are called 'a kingdom of priests' (; cf. ). Though the external blessings bestowed on Israel were great, yet not these, but the internal and spiritual form the main reference in the kingly marriage to which Israel was advanced.

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