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Numbers 6:24-26—“The LORD Bless You and Keep You”Bible Verses Explained
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Numbers 6:24-26—“The LORD Bless You and Keep You”
“May Jehovah bless you and safeguard you. May Jehovah make his face shine upon you, and may he favor you. May Jehovah lift up his face toward you and grant you peace.”—Numbers 6:24-26, New World Translation.
“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”—Numbers 6:24-26, New King James Version.
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Numbers 6:24-26—“The LORD Bless You and Keep You”Bible Verses Explained
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Yet, some claim that the three occurrences of God’s name in those verses support the notion that God is a Trinity. This is not the case. A Bible commentary that supports the Trinity admits that the threefold use of the divine name “would not even have suggested any such idea to the priest who gave, or to the people who received, the benediction. To them the threefold form merely added beauty and fulness to the blessing.” (The Pulpit Commentary, Volume 2, page 52)
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