# Numbers 6.26

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**Book:** [Numbers](/codex/numbers/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 24. Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee: 25. Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
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> **26. Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.**
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> 27. So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. (Numbers 6:24-27, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 24. ‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. 25. Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.
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> **26. Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’**
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> 27. “So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.” (Numbers 6:24-27, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 24. The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 25. The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
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> **26. The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.**
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> 27. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. (Numbers 6:24-27, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 24. 'Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; 25. 'Jehovah cause His face to shine upon thee, and favour thee;
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> **26. 'Jehovah lift up His countenance upon thee, and appoint for thee, peace.**
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> 27. 'And they have put My name upon the sons of Israel, and I, I do bless them.' (Numbers 6:24-27, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.


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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Josiah Wrote the Bible Objection Defeater](/codex/josiah-wrote-the-bible-objection-defeater/), via [Numbers 6.24-26](/codex/numbers-6-24-26/)

**Concepts:**

- [Bible Manuscript Reliability](/codex/bible-manuscript-reliability/), via [Numbers 6.24-26](/codex/numbers-6-24-26/)
- [Biblical Archaeology](/codex/biblical-archaeology/), via [Numbers 6.24-26](/codex/numbers-6-24-26/)
- [Ketef Hinnom Silver Scrolls](/codex/ketef-hinnom-silver-scrolls/), via [Numbers 6.24-26](/codex/numbers-6-24-26/)

**Lexicon:**

- [H3068 - YHWH](/codex/h3068-yhwh/), via [Numbers 6.24-26](/codex/numbers-6-24-26/)
- [H3548 - kohen](/codex/h3548-kohen/), via [Numbers 6.23-27](/codex/numbers-6-23-27/)
- [H7965 - shalom](/codex/h7965-shalom/), via [Numbers 6.24-26](/codex/numbers-6-24-26/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.