Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

Moses alone, however, shall come near to the Lord, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him.”

King James Version

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

Holman 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.”

International Standard Version

Only Moses is to approach the LORD, but the others are not to approach; the people are not to come up with him."

A Conservative Version

And Moses alone shall come near to LORD, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up 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.

Amplified

Moses alone shall approach the Lord, but the others shall not come near, nor shall the people come 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.

Julia Smith Translation

And Moses alone drawing near to Jehovah: and they shall not draw near; and the people shall not go up with him.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Moses {alone} will come near to Yahweh, and they will not come near, and the people will not go up with him."

Modern King James verseion

And Moses alone shall come near Jehovah, but they shall not come near. Neither shall the people go up with him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Moses went himself alone unto the LORD, but they came not nigh, neither came the people up with him.

NET Bible

Moses alone may come near the Lord, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him."

New Heart English Bible

Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."

The 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.

Webster

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."

Youngs Literal Translation

and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Moses
משׁה 
Mosheh 
Usage: 766

נגשׁ 
Nagash 
Usage: 125

the Lord

Usage: 0

but they shall not come nigh
נגשׁ 
Nagash 
Usage: 125

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

go up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

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Context Readings

The Covenant Ceremony

1 And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance. 2 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. 3 Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.


Cross References

Exodus 24:13

Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

Exodus 24:15

And Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 20:21

And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

Numbers 16:5

And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.

Jeremiah 30:21

And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:19

See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

Hebrews 10:21-22

And having a great priest over the house of God,

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