Numbers 6:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“When Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel, they must say:

Cross References

Genesis 24:60

They gave Rebekah their blessing and said, “We pray that God will give you many children and grandchildren and that he will help them defeat their enemies.”

Genesis 47:10

Then Jacob gave the king his blessing once again and left.

Genesis 47:7

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and introduced him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,

Genesis 48:20

Jacob told him that in the future the people of Israel would ask God's blessings on one another by saying, “I pray for God to bless you as much as he blessed Ephraim and Manasseh.” Jacob put Ephraim's name first to show that he would be greater than Manasseh.

1 Kings 8:55

turned towards the people, blessed them, and said loudly:

1 Chronicles 23:13

Amram was the father of Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were chosen to be in charge of all the sacred things. They served the LORD by offering sacrifices to him and by blessing the people in his name.

2 Chronicles 30:27

The priests and Levites asked God to bless the people, and from his home in heaven, he did.

Numbers 6:22

The LORD told Moses,

Romans 1:7

This letter is to all of you in Rome. God loves you and has chosen you to be his very own people. I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!

1 Corinthians 1:3

My prayer is that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!

Deuteronomy 10:8

After I put the two stones in the sacred chest, the LORD chose the tribe of Levi, not only to carry the chest, but also to serve as his priests at the place of worship and to bless the other tribes in his name. And they still do these things.

Deuteronomy 33:1

Moses was a prophet, and before he died, he blessed the tribes of Israel by saying:

Hebrews 7:1

Melchizedek was both king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He was the one who went out and gave Abraham his blessing, when Abraham returned from killing the kings.

Hebrews 7:7

Everyone agrees that a person who gives a blessing is greater than the one who receives the blessing.

Joshua 8:33

Moses had said that everyone in Israel was to go to the valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, where they were to be blessed. So everyone went there, including the foreigners, the leaders, officials, and judges. Half of the people stood on one side of the valley, and half on the other side, with the priests from the Levi tribe standing in the middle with the sacred chest. Then in a loud voice, Joshua read the blessings and curses from The Book of the Law of Moses.

1 Peter 1:2

God the Father decided to choose you as his people, and his Spirit has made you holy. You have obeyed Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. I pray that God will be kind to you and will keep on giving you peace!

2 John 1:3

I pray that God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son will be kind and merciful to us! May they give us peace and truth and love.