---
title: Numbers 6:24
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/numbers-6-24/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/numbers-6-24.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Numbers 6:24
testament: OT
section: Law
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Numbers 6:24

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;

## NWT Wording of the Key Phrase

- NWT (2013 revision): "May Jehovah bless you and safeguard you."

## JW Usage

JWs accept Numbers 6:24 as Jehovah's covenant blessing on Israel and often quote it in convention talks and family worship. They affirm Jehovah blesses and safeguards his people — but they restrict the full intimacy of that blessing to the anointed class, with the great crowd receiving its earthly shadow.

## Protestant Usage

"May Jehovah bless you and safeguard you" is the first line of the benediction Aaron pronounced over EVERY Israelite — singular pronoun, addressed to each covenant member. The grammar admits no two-tier reading. The blessing extends in 2 Corinthians 3:18 to "we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord", and in 1 John 3:2 to every believer who "will see him as he is". The Aaronic blessing is not a class privilege; it is the standing posture of God toward every member of his covenant people, then and now.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [All Believers Will See Yahweh's Face](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/aaronic-blessing-unveiled-face.md) — Numbers 6:24-26 / 2 Corinthians 3:18 / 1 John 3:2 [Salvation]
- [Paul's Greeting Puts Jesus Beside the Father](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/pauline-greeting-formula.md) — Galatians 1:1-3 — Co-Source of Grace and Peace [Deity of Christ]