Valued Because of the Giver
Numbers 6:27
And they shall put my name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.


When our soldiers returned from that great succession of blunders, the Crimean War, those who had specially distinguished themselves were marshalled in a line to receive the crosses or medals which rewarded their valorous merit from the Queen. As she passed along the line she took the decorations one by one from a salver carried by her side and pinned it to the breast of the happy recipient. As she was pinning one on it slipped from her hand and fell to the ground. A little girl, who was near, picked it up and was proceeding to pin it to the soldier's breast, when he stepped a pace back and said, "No; I do not value that piece of metal. It is the hand which bestows it I value." So with the gifts which God gives us here, though they are of themselves of priceless value, yet even more precious is the knowledge that they are bestowed by our heavenly Father..



Parallel Verses
KJV: And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

WEB: "So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them."




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