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The text of the blessing is found in Numbers 6:23–27. It is also known as the Aaronic blessing. According to the Torah, [4] Aaron blessed the people, [5] and YHWH [6] promises that "They (the Priests) will place my name on the Children of Israel (the Priests will bless the people), and I will bless them".
These Berachot often took the form of a blessing upon the fulfillment of a mitzvah (divine commandment). The most important benediction was the Priestly Blessing pronounced by the kohanim (priests descended from Aaron), as found in Numbers 6:23–27.
"The Lord bless you and keep you" is a setting of the Priestly Blessing, also known as the Aaronic blessing, from the Book of Numbers in the Bible (Numbers 6:24–26).The blessing, sung or spoken, is used at the conclusion of worship, baptism, ordination, marriage, and other special occasions in Christian worship.
—The Aaronic Blessing (Numbers 6:24-26, NIV) svetikd - Getty Images. A Prayer for Endings and Beginnings. Dear Father, I thank You that throughout the season of life, there are endings and new ...
A 19th century depiction of John the Baptist conferring the Aaronic priesthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. The Aaronic priesthood (/ ɛəˈr ɒ n ɪ k /; also called the priesthood of Aaron or the Levitical priesthood) is the lesser of the two orders of priesthood recognized in the Latter Day Saint movement.
One of the first incidences of blessing in the Bible is in Genesis, 12:1–2 where Abram is ordered by the God to leave his country and is told: "I will bless you, I will make your name great." The Priestly Blessing is set forth at Numbers 6:24–26: May Adonai bless you, and guard you;
The Ketef Hinnom scrolls, also described as Ketef Hinnom amulets, are the oldest surviving texts currently known from the Hebrew Bible, dated to c. 600 BCE. [2] The text, written in the Paleo-Hebrew script (not the Babylonian square letters of the modern Hebrew alphabet, more familiar to most modern readers), is from the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible, and has been described as "one of ...
A number of reasons have been suggested for why Aaron and his descendants were chosen instead: [19] Due to Aaron's role in the Exodus, alongside Moses [20] As reward for greeting Moses cheerfully (Exodus 4:14), willingly subordinating himself to Moses in the Exodus, even though he (Aaron) was the elder of the two brothers [21]