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So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
Numbers 6:27 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB “So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”
  • KJV And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
  • NKJV “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”
  • NASB So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and then I will bless them.”
  • NLT Whenever Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel in my name, I myself will bless them.”

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Quick answer

By this blessing the priests place God's name on Israel, and God Himself promises to bless them.

Overview

To put God's name on the people marked them as His own, belonging to Him. Crucially, the blessing's power lies not in the priests but in God's own promise to bless. Believers today are likewise sealed with God's name and assured of His blessing in Christ (Rev 22:4).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • 2 Chr 7:14and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
  • Dan 9:18–19Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
  • Jer 14:9Why 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!
  • Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
  • Deut 28:10Then 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.
  • Isa 43:7everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
  • Ps 115:12–13The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;
  • 1 Chr 4:10And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
  • Matt 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
  • Exod 3:13–15Then 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?”
  • Gen 32:29And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
  • Ps 5:12For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
  • Num 23:20I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
  • Gen 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
  • Gen 12:2–3I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  • Ps 67:7God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
  • Exod 34:5–7And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 7:23And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
  • Exod 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.

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Christ at the center

In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.

How Numbers 6:27 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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