Bible Strands
Numbers 6:27
So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to Moses, closing the instructions for the Aaronic blessing (6:22–26). The priests are to pronounce the words of 6:24–26 over the congregation; this verse is God's own statement of what that act accomplishes.
The words — שָׂמוּ (śāmû, "they will put/place") is the governing verb: a concrete, physical action applied to an abstract object (God's name). The name is not invoked or called out; it is set upon the people like a seal or a mark.
The thread — The same logic runs through 2 Chronicles 7:14 ("My people who are called by My name") and Daniel 9:18 ("the city that bears Your name"): God's name is attached to a people or place, and that attachment is the basis for His response. Ephesians 1:3 reverses the direction — blessing flows from God's own identity to those in Christ.
Why it lands — The verse strips blessing of human agency: the priests do nothing more than place a name; God does the blessing. It asks the reader to stop treating blessing as something earned or performed and recognize it as an act that belongs to God's identity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- Daniel 9:18 Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
- Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Deuteronomy 28:10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.
- Psalms 115:12 The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;
- Isaiah 43:7 everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
- Jeremiah 14:9 Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
- Numbers 23:20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
- Psalms 5:12 For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.