The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
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Numbers 6:23-27
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6:25 The desire for God’s smile is often translated more literally may he make his face shine upon you. • be gracious to you: God’s people need his grace and mercy in a dangerous world (cp. Pss 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19).
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Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
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