²² And Aaron, lifting up his hands to the people, gave them a blessing; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burned offering, and the peace-offerings.

⁵⁰ And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.

⁵ Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:

²³ Say to Aaron and his sons, These are the words of blessing which are to be used by you in blessing the children of Israel; say to them,

²⁴ May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you:

²⁵ May the light of the Lord's face be shining on you in grace:

²⁶ May the Lord's approval be resting on you and may he give you peace.

²⁷ So they will put my name on the children of Israel, and I will give them my blessing.

⁹ Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

⁶ But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

⁷ But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.

¹⁴ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

²⁶ To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

¹⁶ And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.

¹⁷ May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.

³ Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

¹³ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.

⁵⁵ And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice,

⁸ At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.

¹⁸ And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,

¹⁹ And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:

²⁰ And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.