Passage

A flock coming from washing

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁶Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing, of which every one has twins; not one is bereaved among them.

Song of Songs 6:6World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The poem compares the beloved’s teeth to a flock of sheep coming up from washing, each with twins.

Nearby comparisons describe hair as a flock of goats in Gilead and temples as a piece of pomegranate behind a veil.

Which feature of the beloved is compared to the flock of sheep?