1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Numbers 6:23 Say to Aaron and his sons: Thus shall you bless the children of Israel, and you shall say to them:

Sons. The three forms of benediction for the high priests, have all the same meaning, and they might choose which they pleased. Grotius observes, that they pronounced them aloud standing, with their hands lifted up. The books of Moses are the ritual of the priests.