Numbers 6:27 (BSB)

So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

From Numbers 6. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 6:27

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Numbers 6:27: 27. And they shall put my name. Although Jerome has rightly translated this, “They shall call upon my name:” yet since the Hebrew phrase is emphatic, I have preferred retaining it; for God deposits His name with the priests, that they may daily bring it forward as a pledge of His good will, and of the salvation which proceeds from thence.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 6:22-27: Here, I. The priests, among other good offices which they were to do, are appointed solemnly to bless the people in the name of the Lord, Num 6:23. It was part of their work, Deu 21:5. Hereby God put an honour upon the priests, for the less is blessed of the better; and hereby he gave great comfort and satisfaction to the people, who looked...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Numbers 6:23-27: THE FORM OF BLESSING THE PEOPLE. (Num 6:23-27) Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the congregation of Israel, &c.--This passage records the solemn benediction which God appointed for dismissing the people at the close of the daily service. The repetition of the name "Lord" or "Jehovah" three times, expresses the great mystery of the Godhead--three persons, and yet one God.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 6:27: And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. (m) They shall pray in my Name for them.