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.
Themes
Fellowship, with God » With Christ » Moses' fellowship with God
God » Fellowship with » Moses' fellowship with God
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Moses' fellowship with God
Interlinear
Nagash
Nagash
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 24:2
Verse Info
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.
Phrases
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,