23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus (A)you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,

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13 (A)The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. (B)Aaron was set apart to dedicate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever should (C)make offerings before the Lord and (D)minister to him and (E)pronounce blessings in his name forever.

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Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen (A)them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and (B)by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled.

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The Priestly Order of Melchizedek

For this (A)Melchizedek, king of (B)Salem, priest of (C)the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

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(A)Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.

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14 (A)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and (B)the love of God and (C)the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

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The Ascension

50 And (A)he led them out as far as (B)Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, (C)he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

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22 Then Aaron (A)lifted up his hands toward the people and (B)blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and (C)the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.

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20 So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,
(A)‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”

Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

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Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, (A)and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

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(A)God Almighty[a] bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. May he give (B)the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of (C)the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El Shaddai

27 So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments (A)and blessed him and said,

“See, (B)the smell of my son
    is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!
28 May God give you of (C)the dew of heaven
    and of the fatness of the earth
    and (D)plenty of grain and wine.
29 Let peoples serve you,
    and nations (E)bow down to you.
(F)Be lord over your brothers,
    and may your mother's sons bow down to you.
(G)Cursed be everyone who curses you,
    and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

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19 And he blessed him and said,

(A)“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
    (B)Possessor[a] of heaven and earth;
20 and blessed be God Most High,
    who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”

And Abram gave him (C)a tenth of everything.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:19 Or Creator; also verse 22

(A)May grace and peace be multiplied to you (B)in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

Confirm Your Calling and Election

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him (C)who called us to[a] his own glory and excellence,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:3 Or by
  2. 2 Peter 1:3 Or virtue

according to (A)the foreknowledge of God the Father, (B)in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and (C)for sprinkling with his blood:

May (D)grace and (E)peace be multiplied to you.

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20 By faith (A)Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. 21 By faith (B)Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, (C)bowing in worship over the head of his staff.

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It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior.

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(A)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:

(A)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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33 And all Israel, (A)sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests (B)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, (C)just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel.

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At that time (A)the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi (B)to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord (C)to stand before the Lord to minister to him and (D)to bless in his name, to this day.

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10 And Jacob (A)blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

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Moses' Final Blessing on Israel

33 This is the blessing with which Moses (A)the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.

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60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

“Our sister, may you (A)become
    thousands of ten thousands,
and (B)may your offspring possess
    the gate of those who hate him!”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:60 Or hate them

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