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Ezekiel 34:25 And I will make with them
a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil
beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall
dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the
woods.
Ezekiel 37:26 Moreover I will make a cove-
nant of peace with them; it shall be an everlast-
ing covenant with them: and I will place them,
and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary
in the midst of them for evermore.

The Priestly Blessing

The Lord (Jehovah) told Moses to tell Aaron
and his sons (the Aaronic priesthood) to speak
this blessing over His covenanted people
(Numbers 6:24-26).
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
The Lord make His face shine upon thee, and
be gracious unto thee:
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace (shalom).

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1 F. Brown, S. Driver, and C. Briggs, The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew and English Lexicon, 1906, 2017, Hendrickson Publish-
ers Marketing, LLC, Peabody, MA, p 2022.
2 The Stone Edition, The Chumash, ArtScroll Series, Mesorah
Publications, Ltd, p 553.
3 Zechariah: A Commentary on His Visions and Prophecies, David
Baron, Kregal Publications, Grand Rapids, MI pp 332, 333.
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