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24The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

Numbers 6:24

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  • And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. …

  • And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

  • Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

  • I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 22-27)

Here, I. The priests, among other good offices which they were to do, are appointed solemnly to bless the people in the name of the Lord , Luke 6:23. It was part of their work, Deut. 21:5. Hereby God put an honour upon the priests, for the less is blessed of the better ; and hereby he gave great comfort and satisfaction to the people, who looked upon the priest as God’s mouth to them. Though the p…

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