Tree of Life Version
Numbers 6:26
26Adonai turn His face toward you and grant you shalom!’
Numbers 6:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
- New International Version (NIV)the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” ’
- English Standard Version (ESV)the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” ’
Context of Numbers 6:26
24‘Adonai bless you and keep you! 25Adonai make His face to shine on you and be gracious to you! Adonai turn His face toward you and grant you shalom!’ 27In this way they are to place My Name over Bnei-Yisrael, and so I will bless them.”
Read all of Numbers 6Numbers 6:26 word by word
יִשָּׂ֨א יְהוָ֤ה׀ פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁלֽוֹם׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 6:26
- Psalms 4:6Offer righteous sacrifices and put your trust in Adonai.
- Psalms 42:5These things I remember as I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng, walking with them to the House of God, with a voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a festival.
- Psalms 89:15Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne. Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
- Acts 2:28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
- Psalms 29:11Adonai gives strength to His people. Adonai blesses His people with shalom.
- Isaiah 26:3You keep in perfect peace one whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
- Isaiah 57:19Creating the praise of lips: ‘Shalom, shalom to him who is far and to him who is near,’ says Adonai, ‘and I will heal him.’”
- Micah 5:5They will devastate the land of Assyria with the sword— even Nimrod’s land with a drawn blade. He will deliver us from Assyria, when he invades our land, when he tramples on our territory.
- Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth shalom to men of good will.”
- John 14:27“Shalom I leave you, My shalom I give to you; but not as the world gives! Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid.
- John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have shalom. In the world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world!”
- John 20:21Yeshua said to them again, “Shalom aleichem! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
- Acts 10:36You know the message He sent to Bnei-Yisrael, proclaiming shalom through Messiah Yeshua—He is Lord of all.
- Romans 5:1Therefore, having been made righteous by trusting, we have shalom with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
- Romans 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and shalom in trusting, so you may overflow with hope in the power of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
- Ephesians 2:14For He is our shalom, the One who made the two into one and broke down the middle wall of separation. Within His flesh He made powerless the hostility—
Commentaries on Numbers 6:26
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-27Verses 22-27 The priestly blessing (compare Leviticus 9:22 note). God Himself provides a formula, through which from time to time, as His people by obedience place themselves in true and right relationship to Him, the authorised mediators may pronounce and communicate His special blessing to them. It was a Jewish tradition that this blessing was given at the close of the daily sacrifice. The structure of the blessing is remarkable. It is rhythmical…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-27Verses 22-27 The priests were solemnly to bless the people in the name of the Lord. To be under the almighty protection of God our Saviour; to enjoy his favour as the smile of a loving Father, or as the cheering beams of the sun; while he mercifully forgives our sins, supplies our wants, consoles the heart, and prepares us by his grace for eternal glory; these things form the substance of this blessing, and the sum total of all blessings. In so rich a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26God's favor, shown through his countenance or face, means his approval and special attention (compare Psalm 30:7). Divine peace (Hebrew shalom) is more than only the absence of conflict or violence. God's peace brings complete well-being, health, and wholeness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2723-27. Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the congregation of Israel, &c.--This passage records the solemn benediction which God appointed for dismissing the people at the close of the daily service. The repetition of the name "Lord" or "Jehovah" three times, expresses the great mystery of the Godhead--three persons, and yet one God. The expressions in the separate clauses correspond to the respective offices of the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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