Numbers 6:24 (WEB)

Passage

‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you.

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:22 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 6:23 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.’ You shall tell them,

Numbers 6:24 ‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you.

Numbers 6:25 Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.

Numbers 6:26 Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "bless", and "keep". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "bless", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "Speak to Aaron and to his sons..." into verse 25's "Yahweh make his face to shine on...", so "yahweh" and "bless" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "yahweh" and "bless" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.