Week 7 Numbers 3-17
May the Lord bless you and protect you.
May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you.
May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.
This is a familiar prayer to me.
I’ve heard it prayed many times in churches. Probably heard it prayed in the last month in the church I attend now.
Whatever ideas I’m forming as I read through the OT they have to include this good word that is prayed over us in church.
Six striking requests to the Lord for all of his people.
Not a self-composed, self-interested invocation. This is a prayer that the Lord basically dictates to Moses to tell Aaron to speak over the people of Israel. Legitimate asks, straight from the Lord, for his people.
An immaculate prayer.
Note: the prayer is from Numbers 6:22-27 (NLT version)