24 “May Yahweh bless you and keep you. 25 May Yahweh make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. 26 May Yahweh lift up his face to you and give you peace.” ’ 27 So they shall put my name on the children of Israel and I will bless them.” Aaron’s blessing (vv. 24–26) is surrounded by a framework that identifies the divine author of the directive and the human mediator of it (v. 22), states the priestly duty to pronounce blessing on the people (v. 23), and tells the outcome of such a blessing
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