Numbers 6:25 (WEB)

Passage

Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.

Nearby Context

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.’

Numbers 6:27 “So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Yahweh bless you and keep you..." into verse 26's "Yahweh lift up his face toward you...", so "yahweh" and "make" 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 "make" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.