Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’
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Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’
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The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
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The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
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Passages linked to Numbers 6:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 4:6 Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
- Psalms 29:11 Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
- Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- John 16:33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
- Isaiah 26:3 You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
- Acts 2:28 You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
- Romans 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
- Psalms 42:5 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
- John 20:21 Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
- Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
- Psalms 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
- Psalms 89:15 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
- Isaiah 26:12 Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
- Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
- John 14:27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
- John 20:26 After eight days again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.”
- Psalms 44:3 For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
- Isaiah 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
- Micah 5:5 He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.
- Acts 10:36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—
- Ephesians 2:14-17 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it. He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
- Romans 5:1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Ephesians 6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. Look upon thee with a cheerful and pleasant…
i.e. Look upon thee with a cheerful and pleasant countenance, as one that is reconciled to thee, and well pleased with thee and thy offerings and services. See of this phrase Psa 4:6; Pro 16:15. To this is opposed the falling and the casting down of the countenance, of which see Gen 4:5,6; Job 29:24. Or, regard, protect, and help thee. Compare Psa 33:18.
Peace with God, and with thy own conscience, and with all men, and all prosperity, which is comprehended under this word.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they shall put my name upon the children…
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel,.... Call them by his name, the people of the Lord; call upon the name of the Lord to bless them, and pronounce the blessing on them in the name of the Lord, in or by the name Jehovah, as Jarchi, three times used in this form of blessing:
and I will bless them; really and truly bless them bless them with blessings indeed; with all sorts of blessings temporal and spiritual; with solid and substantial ones; and such are blessed, and will remain so, their blessings are irrevocable and irreversible; and unless the Lord blesses, in vain do the priests bless, or any of his ministers pronounce a blessing; theirs lies in words and wishes, his in real facts; they can only pray and wish for the blessing, it is he only that can give it, and can ratify and confirm what they declare and pronounce, according to his revealed word. Some refer the relative "them" to the priests, as if the sense was, I will bless the priests that bless Israel, for God will bless them that bless his people; but Aben Ezra thinks it belongs both to Israel, and to the priests, that God would confirm and establish the blessing of the priests pronounced on Israel, and bless the priests also, who needed the divine blessing as well as the people, and being found in the way of their duty, might expect it: the Targum of Jonathan is,"I will bless them in my Word;''his essential Word, Christ, in whom his chosen ones are blessed with all spiritual blessings, and who is the promised seed, in whom all nations of the earth shall be blessed.
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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Lift up his countenance - That is, look upon…
Lift up his countenance - That is, look upon thee with a chearful and pleasant countenance, as one that is well pleased with thee and thy services. Peace - Peace with God, with thy own conscience, and with all men; all prosperity is comprehended under this word.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Turn. With loving mercy, may he comfort and protect…
Turn. With loving mercy, may he comfort and protect thee. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. Lift up his countenance — Look at. This…
26. Lift up his countenance — Look at. This phrase is used by David to denote Jehovah’s deliverance of men out of their distresses. Psa_4:6; Psa_21:6; Psa_33:18.
Give thee peace — This is not a mere negative blessing, exemption from unrest and warfare; but, like the peace that Christ left as a legacy to believers, it includes all blessing of a positive kind, all well-being. See especially Joh_14:27, note. The Targum adds, “peace in thy end.
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And they shall bestow the benediction of my name upon the children of Israel, and I, by my word, will bless them.” The threefold structure of this benediction, copied by St. Paul in the so-called apostolic benediction, suggests that it was a designed adumbration of the Trinity so clearly revealed in the New Testament. The Fathers and early theologians urged this as a proof text of this profound Christian mystery, which rests upon abundant and undoubted scriptural proofs. As the threefold repetition expresses the thought as strongly as possible, so this triune blessing calls down the fulness of grace enfolded in that absolute Being, Jehovah, which in the Christian dispensation is unfolded through the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
“Eternal Sun of righteousness,
Display thy beams divine,
And cause the glories of thy face
Upon my heart to shine.
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Lift up thy countenance serene,
And let thy happy child
Behold, without a cloud between,
The Godhead reconciled.” — C. Wesley.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee. Eparai…
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee. Eparai to proswpon autou epi se , Septuagint. This clause seems to repeat the last in a somewhat stronger form, as implying more personal and individual attention from the Lord. His face shines upon all that love him, as the sun shines wherever no clouds intervene; but his face is lifted up to that soul for which he has a more special regard. la, acn seems to mean the same thing as acn or syci. (Gen_43:29, anableqav toiv ufyalmoiv autou ; Gen_44:21) To lift up the eyes or the face upon any one is to look upon that one with peculiar and tender interest. And give thee peace (shalom). This peace, being the perfect fruit in experience of the grace which comes from God, forms the climax and conclusion of the benediction.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:26 God’s favor—the display of his face, or countenance—refers…
6:26 God’s favor—the display of his face, or countenance—refers to his approval and special attention (cp. Ps 30:7). Divine peace (Hebrew shalom) is not just the absence of conflict or violence; God’s peace brings complete well-being, health, and wholeness.
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