CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Numbers 6:27 So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them."</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/numbers/6-27.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/19/04_Num_06_27.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Numbers 6:27 - Aaron's Blessing" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/numbers/6-27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/numbers/6-27.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/numbers/">Numbers</a> > <a href="/numbers/6.htm">Chapter 6</a> > Verse 27</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad7.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/numbers/6-26.htm" title="Numbers 6:26">◄</a> Numbers 6:27 <a href="/numbers/7-1.htm" title="Numbers 7:1">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Whenever Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel in my name, I myself will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and <i>then</i> I will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I <i>then</i> will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Aaron and his sons shall put My name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In this way they will pronounce my name over the Israelites, and I will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In this way they will pronounce My name over the Israelites, and I will bless them.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, "If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israelites, I will give them my blessing." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"So whenever they use my name to bless the Israelites, I will bless them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD said, "If they pronounce my name as a blessing upon the people of Israel, I will bless them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They are to pour out my name to the Israelis while I continue to bless them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they have put My Name on the sons of Israel, and I bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And they have put My name upon the sons of Israel, and I -- I do bless them.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they put my name upon the sons of Israel and I will praise them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shall invoke my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they shall invoke my name over the sons of Israel, and I will bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall put My Name on the children of Israel and I shall bless them.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So shall they put My name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I the Lord will bless them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/6-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=2008" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/6.htm">Aaron's Blessing</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’ <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wə·śā·mū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">So they shall put</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">My name</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">and I</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: ’ă·ḇā·ră·ḵêm (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">will bless them.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a></span><br />You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a></span><br />I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-10.htm">Deuteronomy 28:10</a></span><br />Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/67-1.htm">Psalm 67:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/80-19.htm">Psalm 80:19</a></span><br />Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-135.htm">Psalm 119:135</a></span><br />Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-7.htm">Isaiah 43:7</a></span><br />everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-19.htm">Isaiah 63:19</a></span><br />We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm">Jeremiah 14:9</a></span><br />Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-19.htm">Daniel 9:19</a></span><br />O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a></span><br />Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-11.htm">John 17:11</a></span><br />I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-26.htm">John 17:26</a></span><br />And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-30.htm">Acts 4:30</a></span><br />as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-25.htm">Romans 9:25-26</a></span><br />As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they shall put my name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.</p><p class="hdg">put my</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-13.htm">Exodus 3:13-15</a></b></br> And Moses said unto God, Behold, <i>when</i> I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What <i>is</i> his name? what shall I say unto them? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/6-3.htm">Exodus 6:3</a></b></br> And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by <i>the name of</i> God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5-7</a></b></br> And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD… </p><p class="hdg">and I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-20.htm">Numbers 23:20</a></b></br> Behold, I have received <i>commandment</i> to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2,3</a></b></br> And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/32-26.htm">Genesis 32:26,29</a></b></br> And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/numbers/6-23.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/23-13.htm">Invoke</a> <a href="/numbers/6-23.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/6-23.htm">Israelites</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/22-6.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/numbers/10-36.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/numbers/7-24.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/23-7.htm">Invoke</a> <a href="/numbers/7-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/8-6.htm">Israelites</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/6-1.htm">The law of the Nazarite in the days of his separation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/6-13.htm">And after their completion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/6-22.htm">The form of blessing the people</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So they shall put My name on the Israelites</b><br>This phrase refers to the priestly blessing given by Aaron and his sons to the people of Israel. The act of putting God's name on the Israelites signifies a special relationship and covenant between God and His chosen people. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, a name represented one's character and authority. By placing His name on the Israelites, God is marking them as His own, setting them apart from other nations. This act is a precursor to the New Testament concept of believers being sealed with the Holy Spirit (<a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13</a>), indicating ownership and divine protection.<p><b>and I will bless them.</b><br>The promise of blessing is central to the covenant relationship between God and Israel. In the context of <a href="/numbers/6.htm">Numbers 6</a>, the blessing is not just material prosperity but encompasses peace, protection, and divine favor. This blessing is a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that through his descendants, all nations would be blessed (<a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>). The ultimate blessing is realized in Jesus Christ, who is the fulfillment of the law and the prophets, bringing spiritual blessings to all who believe (<a href="/ephesians/1-3.htm">Ephesians 1:3</a>). The assurance of God's blessing underscores His faithfulness and the unmerited favor bestowed upon His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were set apart to be a holy nation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron_and_his_sons.htm">Aaron and His Sons</a></b><br>The priests who were given the responsibility to bless the Israelites with the priestly blessing, which includes invoking God's name upon them.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The dwelling place of God among His people during their journey in the wilderness, where the priestly blessings were often pronounced.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priestly_blessing.htm">The Priestly Blessing</a></b><br>A specific blessing given by God to be spoken by the priests over the people, found in <a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a>, culminating in verse 27.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/y/yahweh.htm">Yahweh (The LORD)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, representing His eternal presence and faithfulness to His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_name.htm">The Power of God's Name</a></b><br>God's name represents His character, authority, and presence. When His name is placed upon His people, it signifies His ownership and blessing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_priestly_intercession.htm">The Role of Priestly Intercession</a></b><br>The priests acted as mediators between God and the people, highlighting the importance of intercession and the role of spiritual leaders in blessing others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_god's_blessing.htm">The Assurance of God's Blessing</a></b><br>God's promise to bless His people when His name is invoked assures believers of His faithfulness and the certainty of His blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_and_belonging.htm">Identity and Belonging</a></b><br>Being marked by God's name gives believers a sense of identity and belonging, reminding them of their covenant relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_under_god's_blessing.htm">Living Under God's Blessing</a></b><br>As recipients of God's name and blessing, believers are called to live in a way that reflects His character and brings glory to His name.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_aaronic_blessing.htm">What is the Aaronic Blessing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_react_to_a_leader's_renouncement.htm">What is the purpose of a church benediction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_balaam_in_numbers_22.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence supporting the existence of Balaam and the events of Numbers 22?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reliable_is_the_urim_and_thummim_claim.htm">Exodus 28:30: How reliable is the claim about the Urim and Thummim, given the lack of concrete archeological evidence or consistent references elsewhere?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They shall put my name upon the children of Israel</span>. The "name of God is uniformly treated in Scripture as something very different from a mere arrangement of letters or an arbitrary vocal sound. All nations have bad names for the Supreme Being, but there was nothing sacred about them, except from association. <span class="accented">The</span> name of God was not of man, nor from man, but of his own direct revelation (<a href="/exodus/6-3.htm">Exodus 6:3</a>), and was therefore of an unspeakable sanctity (<a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a>; <a href="/exodus/33-19.htm">Exodus 33:19</a>). Like the "word" of God, it cannot be dissociated from God himself. It is in some sense an extension outwards, into the sphere of the created and sensible, of the ineffable virtues of the Godhead itself. It stands in a real, though un-assignable, relation to infinite goodness and power, and therefore it comes fraught with untold blessing (or perchance cursing) to those on whom it lights. Hence, to put the name of God - the covenant name - upon the people had a real meaning. No one could do it except by his express direction; and when it was so done there was an invisible reality answering to the audible form; with the name pronounced in blessing came the blessing itself, came the special providence and presence of God, to abide upon such at least as were worthy of it. It is a fact, the significance of which cannot be denied, that the name which was commanded to be put upon the people was lost, and irrecoverably lost, by the later Jews. Out of an exaggerated dread of possible profanation, they first disobeyed the command by substituting Adonai for that name outside the sanctuary; and finally, after the death of Simeon the Just, the priests ceased to pronounce that name at all, and therefore lost the tradition by which the pronunciation was fixed. Our method of spelling and pronouncing the name as Jehovah is merely conventional, and almost certainly incorrect. It would seem to be the more devout opinion that the name itself, as revealed by God and uttered by many generations of priests, was forfeited (like Paradise), was withdrawn, and ought not to be inquired after. <span class="cmt_word">And I will</span> <span class="cmt_word">bless them.</span> Here is the precise truth of all effectual benediction: <span class="accented">they</span> shall put my name;... <span class="accented">I</span> will bless. The outward form was ministered by the priests, the inward reality was of God and from God alone. It is observable that the form of blessing is expressed in the singular; either <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> because all Israel was regarded as one, even as the first-born son of God (<a href="/exodus/4-22.htm">Exodus 4:22, 23</a>; <a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1</a>), or <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> because all real blessing must in truth be individual - a nation can only be blessed in its several members. <p> . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/6-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So they shall put</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׂמ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·śā·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My name</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will bless them.”</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבָרֲכֵֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇā·ră·ḵêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/6-27.htm">Numbers 6:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/6-27.htm">OT Law: Numbers 6:27 So they shall put my name (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/6-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 6:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 6:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/7-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 7:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 7:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>