We often superimpose our Western culture upon Scripture. But, Scripture was written in a Near East cultural setting. It is therefore better understood with a Near East context. In Hebrew culture, most of the abstract words that we use today, like faith and bless, had concrete meanings. This is the Aaronic Blessing from Numbers 6:24-26. First it is abstractly written in ESV. Then it is written using the Hebrew meanings of the words, which have concrete definitions.
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
YWHW (he who exists) will kneel before you presenting gifts and will guard you with a hedge of protection;
YHWH (he who exists) will illuminate the wholeness of his being toward you bringing order and he will provide you with love, sustenance and friendship;
YWHW (he who exists) will lift up and carry his wholeness of being toward you and he will set in place all you need to be whole and complete.
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