Numbers 6:25

The LORD. Jehovah the Son, the channel of all blessing, Ephesians 1:3. Compare Acts 3:26; Hebrews 10:10.

face: put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for whole Person. App-6. Also Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.

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²⁵ The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

Related Commentaries of Numbers 6:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 6:25