The priestly ble ing is appointed as a solemn form to be used by the priests exclusively, and in this function their office, as it were, culminates…

And they shall put my name. Although Jerome has rightly translated this, “They shall call upon my name,” yet since the Hebrew phr…

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel
Call them by his name, the people of the Lord; call upon the …

The priests were solemnly to bless the people in the name of the Lord. To be under the almighty protection of God our Saviour; to enjoy his favour …