Song of Solomon 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A bundle of myrrh; or, a bag of myrrh; in which there was a considerable quantity of the gum which droppeth from the myrrh tree. Myrrh is bitter to the taste, but sweet to the smell, and therefore was ever reckoned amongst the best perfumes. See Exodus 30:23 Psalms 45:8 1 Thessalonians 19:39. Is my Beloved unto me; he is most precious and comfortable to me, and the author of my sweet smell last mentioned. Betwixt my breasts; in the place where bundles or bags of myrrh or other perfumes hang down, being fastened about their necks, which yet were taken away and laid aside by night. But the church intimates that she will not part with Christ, neither day nor night. Or this phrase may note the church's intimate union with and hearty affection unto Christ.