26 May the Lord's approval be resting on you and may he give you peace.
There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.
The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.
May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.
You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.
And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you!
I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.
I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.
Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose.
Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.
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Commentary on Numbers 6 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 6
In this chapter we have,
Num 6:1-21
After the law for the discovery and shame of those that by sin had made themselves vile, fitly follows this for the direction and encouragement of those who by their eminent piety and devotion had made themselves honourable, and distinguished themselves from their neighbours. It is very probable that there were those before the making of this law who went under the character of Nazarites, and were celebrated by that title as persons professing greater strictness and zeal in religion than other people; for the vow of a Nazarite is spoken of here as a thing already well known, but the obligation of it is reduced to a greater certainty than hitherto it had been. Joseph is called a Nazarite among his brethren (Gen. 49:26), not only because separate from them, but because eminent among them. Observe,
Num 6:22-27
Here,