Numbers 6:27

Translations

Modern

So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

Traditional

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Literal

And they shall put My name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them.”

Latin

Invocabuntque nomen meum super filios Israël, et ego benedicam eis.

Original

Hebrew

English

So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

Notes

Numbers 6:27

The priests were mediators of God’s covenant with Israel. A mediator is someone who stands between two parties to represent them. The priests stood between God and the people.

Their duty was to pray for the people. They also spoke God’s blessing over them. In this way, they helped maintain the covenant relationship between God and Israel (see Romans 8:34; Hebrews 2:17–18; 4:14–16). He intercedes for believers, which means he prays for them before God. As the great high priest, he brings his people into God’s presence and secures God’s blessing for them.

Numbers 6:22–27

The priestly blessing connects to the themes of worship and purity in chapters 5–6. It is a prayer where priests ask for God's blessings for Israel. As representatives of God, priests had the duty to pray (compare Leviticus 9:23; Deuteronomy 10:8). This prayer is similar to the high priestly prayer of Jesus in John 17.

Theme notes and profiles

Blessing The Grace of God The Priestly Blessing

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Ephesians 1:3
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Deuteronomy 28:10
Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.
Isaiah 43:7
…everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
Jeremiah 14:9
Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
Psalm 115:12–13
The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;
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I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
1 Chronicles 4:10
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Psalm 5:12
For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
Genesis 32:26
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Exodus 3:13–15
Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Bless, Blessing Deuteronomy, Book of Numbers, Book of

Topics

Adoption: Confers a New Name Adoption: Spiritual God: Grace of Priest: Duties of Pronounce Benedictions Priests: Services of Blessing the People

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