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Bless:
(1.) God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual (Gen 1:22; 24:35; Job 42:12; Psa 45:2; 104:24,35).
(2.) We bless God when we thank him for his mercies (Psa 103:1,2; 145:1,2).
(3.) A man blesses himself when he invokes God's blessing (Isa 65:16), or rejoices in God's goodness to him (Deu 29:19; Psa 49:18).
(4.) One blesses another when he expresses good wishes or offers prayer to God for his welfare (Gen 24:60; 31:55; 1Sa 2:20). Sometimes blessings were uttered under divine inspiration, as in the case of Noah, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses (Gen 9:26,27; 27:28,29,40; 48:15-20; 49:1-28; Deu 33). The priests were divinely authorized to bless the people (Deu 10:8; Num 6:22-27). We have many examples of apostolic benediction (2Cr 13:14; Eph 6:23,24; 2Th 3:16,18; Hbr 13:20,21; 1Pe 5:10,11).
(5.) Among the Jews in their thank-offerings the master of the feast took a cup of wine in his hand, and after having blessed God for it and for other mercies then enjoyed, handed it to his guests, who all partook of it. Psa 116:13 refers to this custom. It is also alluded to in 1Cr 10:16, where the apostle speaks of the "cup of blessing."
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