2 Chronicles 6:3

The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahweh’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.

Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshiping Yahweh.

He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

The king turned his face around, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.

Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Moses said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.

At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people), and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.

Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.”

Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.

All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped, everyone at their tent door.

“ ‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.

Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh commanded by Moses.

Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.

Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went to his inheritance to possess the land.

Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home.

When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies.

Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”

All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.

King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a drawing of the altar and plans to build it.

When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in Yahweh’s name.

Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.

The priests stood, according to their positions; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, when David praised by their ministry, saying “For his loving kindness endures forever.” The priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.

When they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.

For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover other than the way it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Yahweh pardon everyone

When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh and his people Israel.

He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.

The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.

Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste.

The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.

The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

For it is written, “ ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’ ”

But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.