Numbers 6.22-27: The face of God is key concept in Scripture to understand. With the priestly blessing of Numbers 6, God seeks to instill within Old Testament Israel and us today a new identity in God’s grace, love, and attention. These familiar words are spoken over God’s people to shape us and form us according to the pattern of God. God has turned his face toward us in Christ and we can trust his gaze upon us, for it is how we come to know him and ourselves in him.