What Does Numbers 6:26 Mean?

The LORD lift up his face upon you, and give you wholeness.

Numbers 6:26 · SDV

Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.

Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.

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King James Version

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

THE KEY

The blessing names peace as wholeness the LORD sets in place as he turns his face toward you.

THE MEANING

The LORD turns his face toward you and sets wholeness for you. This gift is more than a quiet feeling: shalom names well-being made whole, and the blessing speaks it over your life now.

THE ROOT

שָׁלוֹם

shalom

GROWS FROM

שלם

shalem

To be whole or complete.

⁨שָׁלוֹם⁩ (shalom, wholeness) belongs to the same root family as ⁨שָׁלֵם⁩ (shalem, whole) and ⁨שִׁלֵּם⁩ (shillem, make good or repay). The family opens “peace” beyond quiet: it carries the sense of well-being and restoration.

ALSO GROWS

shalem: Whole, complete.

שָׁלֵם

This branch shows that the blessing speaks of wholeness, not only an absence of conflict.

shillem: To make good, repay.

שִׁלֵּם

This branch adds a sense of restoration to the wholeness the LORD sets in place.

THE PATTERN

God’s presence is expressed through gifts that make life whole.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. Let God bend toward us, and let him bless us, and let his face shine upon us. Selah.

Psalm 67:1 · SDVThe blessing joins God’s face turned toward you with blessing.

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and wholeness in leaning your full weight, so that you may overflow in hope through the power of the Set-Apart Breath.

Romans 15:13 · SDVGod fills you with peace as part of a life overflowing with joy and hope.

Now may the Lord of wholeness himself give you wholeness always, at every turn. The Lord be with you all.

2 Thessalonians 3:16 · SDVThe Lord’s own presence accompanies the peace he gives.

THE THREAD

The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with wholeness.

Psalm 29:11 · SDV

The “peace” in both verses is ⁨שָׁלוֹם⁩ (shalom, wholeness), from ⁨שלם⁩ (shalem, to be whole or complete). Psalm 29 pairs that gift with strength, opening this blessing’s peace as well-being given by the LORD, not quiet alone.

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