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D&C 5:14 · Song of Solomon 6:10

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 5:14
"the coming forth of my church out of the wilderness—clear as the moon, and fair as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners."
Old Testament Song of Solomon 6:10
"Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?"

Shared words: as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners

The three-clause figure is the same and the banners clause is word-for-word, but the first two attributes are EXCHANGED: the revelation reads 'clear as the moon… fair as the sun' where the poem reads 'fair as the moon, clear as the sun'. Reported as a textual fact; the wiki does not settle what the exchange means. The figure stands at four frozen verses: these two, Song of Solomon 6:4 (banners clause alone), and D&C 109:73, which carries the poem's order rather than this one and applies it, as here, to a church coming forth out of the wilderness.

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