1. Divinely Appointed Deuteronomy 10:8, 21:5, Numbers 6:23-26

2. By God

   Upon creatures he had made, Genesis 1:22

   upon man, Genesis 1:28

   upon Noah, Genesis 9:1, 2

3. Instances Of

   By Melchizedek, upon Abraham, Genesis 14:19, 20, Hebrews 7:7

   By Bethuel's household, upon Rebekah, Genesis 24:60

   By Isaac, upon Jacob, Genesis 27:23-29, 37, 28:1-4

    upon Esau, Genesis 27:39, 40

   By Jacob, upon Pharaoh, Genesis 47:7-10

    upon Joseph's sons, Genesis 48:1-22

    upon his own sons, Genesis 49:1-33

   By Moses, upon the tribes of Israel, Deuteronomy 33:1-29

   By Aaron, Leviticus 9:22, 23

   by half the tribes, who stood on Mount Gerizim, Deuteronomy 11:29, 30, 27:11-13, Joshua 8:33

   By Joshua, upon Caleb, Joshua 14:13

    upon the Reubenites and Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 22:6, 7

   By Naomi, upon Ruth and Orpah, Ruth 1:8, 9

   By the people, upon Ruth, Ruth 4:11, 12

   By Eli, upon Elkanah, 1 Samuel 2:20

   By David, upon the people, 2 Samuel 6:18

    upon Barzillai, 2 Samuel 19:39

   By Araunah, upon David, 2 Samuel 24:23

   By Solomon, upon the people, 1 Kings 8:14, 55-58, 2 Chronicles 6:3

   By Simeon, upon Jesus Luke 2:34

   By Jesus, upon his followers, Luke 24:50

4. Levitical, Forms Of Numbers 6:23-26

5. Apostolic, Forms Of 1 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:2, Galatians 1:3, Ephesians 1:2, Philippians 1:2, Colossians 1:2, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2, Philemon 1:3, Romans 1:7, 15:5, 6, 13, 33, 16:20, 24, 1 Corinthians 16:23, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Galatians 6:16, 18, Ephesians 6:23, 24, Philippians 4:23, 1 Thessalonians 5:28, 2 Thessalonians 3:16, 18, 1 Timothy 1:2, 6:21, 2 Timothy 4:22, Titus 3:15, Philemon 1:25, Hebrews 13:20, 21, 25, 1 Peter 1:2, 5:10, 11, 14, 2 Peter 1:2-4, 2 John 1:3, Jude 1:2, Revelation 22:21