One of the most familiar examples of this type of parallelism is found in the Aaronic benediction: “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace” (Num. 6:24–26). In this example, there are three lines, and each line contains two ideas. The first line says, “The LORD bless you and keep you.” The next line has that same couplet, but with different words. The first part, “the LORD make his face to shine
