The Meaning of Numbers 6:24 Explained

Numbers 6:24

KJV: The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

YLT: 'Jehovah bless thee and keep thee;

Darby: Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee;

ASV: Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The LORD  bless  thee, and keep  thee: 

What does Numbers 6:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 6:13-27 - The Nazarite Offering The Priestly Blessing
Take heed, O Christian soul, who has dedicated thyself to some lofty purpose, to be warned by the law of the Nazarite! Thy God expects of thee a more careful walk than is required of others. The cups of gaiety of which they drink are not for thee. Shame and contumely may fall to thy lot, from which they escape.
Thou art specially to beware against defiling contact with aught that savors of death-those who are dead in trespasses and sins. Go with them only to save them, but never to participate in their ways.
If the Nazarite vows were vitiated, even by accident, the time that had elapsed was cancelled. Ah, how many of our days we have rendered void! The beautiful benediction with which the chapter closes has its counterpart in 2 Corinthians 13:14. What the human lips spoke on earth, God authenticated from heaven, Numbers 6:27. Be very careful for the honor of the Name! 3 John 1:7. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 6

1  The law of the Nazarite in the days of his separation
13  And after their completion
22  The form of blessing the people

What do the individual words in Numbers 6:24 mean?

Bless you Yahweh and keep you -
יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ ס

יְבָרֶכְךָ֥  Bless  you 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ  and  keep  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation