Parallel Verses
Amplified
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 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.
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.
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 Then God said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu (Aaron’s older sons), and seventy of Israel’s elders, and you shall worship at a [safe] distance. 2 Moses alone shall approach the Lord, but the others shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him.” 3 Then Moses came and told the people everything that the Lord had said and all the ordinances. And all the people answered with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 24:13
So Moses
Exodus 24:15
Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
Exodus 24:18
Moses entered the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain; and he was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 20:21
So the people stood at a [safe] distance, but Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
Numbers 16:5
and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to Him, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; the one whom He will choose He will bring near to Himself.
Jeremiah 30:21
‘Their prince will be one of them,
And their ruler will come forward from among them.
I will bring him near and he shall approach Me,
For who is he who would have the boldness and would dare [on his own initiative] to risk his life to approach Me?’ says the Lord.
Jeremiah 49:19
See, one will come like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan against the enduring habitation [of Edom] and its watered pastures; for in an instant I will make
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf;
Hebrews 10:21-22
and since we have a great and wonderful Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,