And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
Parallel translations
- WEB “So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”
- BSB So they shall put My name on the Israelites, 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 7:14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- Dan 9:18–19O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
- Jer 14:9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
- Deut 28:10And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
- Isa 43:7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
- Ps 115:12–13The LORD hath been 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 on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
- Matt 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
- Exod 3:13–15And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
- Gen 32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
- Ps 5:12For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
- Num 23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
- Gen 32:26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
- Gen 12:2–3And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
- Ps 67:7God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
- Exod 34:5–7And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
- 2 Sam 7:23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
- Exod 6:3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
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