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King James Version

Exodus 24:2

And Moses alone shall come near the Lord : but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Israel;   Worship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Divine;   Fellowship, Divine;   Fellowship-Estrangement;   God;   Spiritual;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Access to God;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Forgiveness;   Hospitality;   Immorality, Sexual;   Mediator, Mediation;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Israel, Israelite;   Lord's Supper (Ii);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elder;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Aaron;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Abram;   Events of the Encampment;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Genesis;   Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Elohist;   Moses;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe alone shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."
Lexham English Bible
And Moses alone will come near to Yahweh, and they will not come near, and the people will not go up with him."
New Century Version
Then Moses alone must come near me; the others must not come near. The rest of the people must not come up the mountain with Moses."
New English Translation
Moses alone may come near the Lord , but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him."
Amplified Bible
"Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him."
New American Standard Bible
"Moses alone, however, shall approach the LORD, but they shall not approach, nor shall the people come up with him."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Moses himselfe alone shal come nere to the Lord, but they shall not come neere, neither shall the people goe vp with him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Moses alone, however, shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him."
Contemporary English Version
but you are to come near. Don't let anyone else come up."
Complete Jewish Bible
while Moshe alone approaches Adonai — the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him."
Darby Translation
And let Moses alone come near Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then only Moses will come close to the Lord . The other men must not come close, and the rest of the people must not even come up the mountain."
English Standard Version
Moses alone shall come near to the Lord , but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him."
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD; but they shall not draw near; neither shall the people come up with him.
Good News Translation
You alone, and none of the others, are to come near me. The people are not even to come up the mountain."
Christian Standard Bible®
Moses alone is to approach the Lord, but the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him.”
Literal Translation
And let Moses approach by himself to Jehovah, and they shall not approach. And the people shall not go up with him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But let Moses onely come nye vnto the LORDE, and let not them come nye, and let not the people also come vp with him.
American Standard Version
and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
Bible in Basic English
And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses hym selfe alone shall go vnto the Lorde: but they shall not come nygh, neither shall the people go vp with hym.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.'
King James Version (1611)
And Moses alone shall come neere the Lord: but they shall not come nigh, neither shall the people goe vp with him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses alone shall draw nigh to God; and they shall not draw nigh, and the people shall not come up with them.
English Revised Version
and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
Berean Standard Bible
Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Moises aloone stie to the Lord, and thei schulen not neiye, nether the puple schal stie with hym.
Young's Literal Translation
and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.
Update Bible Version
and Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
World English Bible
Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."
New King James Version
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him."
New Living Translation
Only Moses is allowed to come near to the Lord . The others must not come near, and none of the other people are allowed to climb up the mountain with him."
New Life Bible
But Moses alone may come near the Lord. The others should not come near and should not come up with him."
New Revised Standard
Moses alone shall come near the Lord ; but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Moses alone shall draw near unto Yahweh, but, they shall not draw near, and, the people, shall not come up with him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses alone shall come up to the Lord, but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people come up with him.
Revised Standard Version
Moses alone shall come near to the LORD; but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Moses alone, however, shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him."

Contextual Overview

1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord , thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the Lord : but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord , and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord , and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord . 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 24:13, Exodus 24:15, Exodus 24:18, Exodus 20:21, Numbers 16:5, Jeremiah 30:21, Jeremiah 49:19, Hebrews 9:24, Hebrews 10:21, Hebrews 10:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 24:12 - Come up Leviticus 1:1 - called Deuteronomy 5:5 - General Deuteronomy 29:1 - beside the Psalms 103:7 - He made John 7:19 - not

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Genesis 24:4
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Genesis 24:6
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 44:1
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
Genesis 47:29
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
1 Chronicles 29:24
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses alone shall come near the Lord,.... Into the cloud where he was, and talk with him face to face, as a man talketh with his friend; which was great nearness indeed, and a peculiar favour and high honour was this:

but they shall not come nigh; Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel:

neither shall the people go up with him; not any of them, much less the whole body. It seems, by this account, that Moses had been down from the mount after he had received the laws recorded in the two preceding chapters; though as yet he had not related them to the people, but did before he went up again by the above order, as appears from what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are placed by some with great probability between Exodus 24:8-9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 24:2. Moses alone shall come near — The people stood at the foot of the mountain. Aaron and his two sons and the seventy elders went up, probably about half way, and Moses alone went to the summit.


 
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