Numbers 6:23

The Priestly Blessing

²² The Lord spoke to Moses: ²³ “Tell Aaron and his sons how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: ²⁴ May Yahweh bless you and protect you;

Children of Israel

People of Israel

Sons of Israel

Aaron

Israel

Israelites

1 Chronicles 23:13

Amram’s sons: Aaron and Moses.

Aaron, along with his descendants, was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense in the presence of Yahweh, to minister to Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

Deuteronomy 21:5

Then the priests, the sons of Levi, will come forward, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name, and they are to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.

Genesis 14:19-20

He blessed him and said:

Abram is blessed by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah, saying to her:

Our sister, may you become
thousands upon ten thousands.
May your offspring possess
the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 27:27-29

So he came closer and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said:

Ah, the smell of my son
is like the smell of a field
that the Lord has blessed.

Genesis 28:3-4

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples.

Genesis 47:7

Joseph then brought his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:10

So Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from Pharaoh’s presence.

Genesis 48:20

So he blessed them that day with these words:

The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying,
“May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,”
putting Ephraim before Manasseh.

Leviticus 9:22-23

Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. He came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering.

Deuteronomy 10:8

“At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as it is today.

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death.

Joshua 8:33

All Israel, foreigner and citizen alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on either side of the ark of the Lord’s covenant facing the Levitical priests who carried it. As Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded earlier, half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, to bless the people of Israel.

Luke 24:50-51

Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them.

Romans 1:7

To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:3

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 7:1

For this Melchizedek—

King of Salem, priest of the Most High God,
who met Abraham and blessed him
as he returned from defeating the kings,

Hebrews 7:7

Without a doubt, the inferior is blessed by the superior.

Hebrews 11:20-21

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

1 Peter 1:2

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ.

May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

2 Peter 1:2-3

May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 John 1:3

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.