Discovery BoxNumbers 6:26 
Context6:26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon you 1
and give you peace.”’
Numbers 20:21
Context20:21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.
Numbers 25:12
Context25:12 Therefore, announce: 2 ‘I am going to give 3 to him my covenant of peace. 4
Numbers 27:9
Context27:9 and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers;
Numbers 35:13
Context35:13 These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge.
1 tn The last line of the blessing also has first the image and then the parallel interpretation – for God to lift up his face is for God to give peace. The idea of the fallen face is one of anger (see Gen 4:6,7); and the idea of the hidden face is that of withholding support, favor, or peace (see Deut 31:18; Ps 30:8; Ps 44:25). If God lifts his face toward his people, it means he has given them peace – peace, prosperity, completeness, health, safety, general well-being, and the like.
2 tn Heb “say.”
3 tn Here too the grammar expresses an imminent future by using the particle הִנְנִי (hinni) before the participle נֹתֵן (noten) – “here I am giving,” or “I am about to give.”
4 tn Or “my pledge of friendship” (NAB), or “my pact of friendship” (NJPS). This is the designation of the leadership of the priestly ministry. The terminology is used again in the rebuke of the priests in Mal 2.
