Parallel Verses

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.

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.”

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."

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
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

References

American

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

The Covenant Ceremony

1 And unto Moses, he said - Come up unto Yahweh - thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, so shall ye bow yourselves down from afar. 2 And Moses alone shall draw near unto Yahweh, but, they shall not draw near, and, the people, shall not come up with him. 3 So Moses came, and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the regulations, and all the people responded with one voice and said, All the words which Yahweh hath spoken, will we do.

Cross References

Exodus 24:13

And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up into the mountain of God;

Exodus 24:15

So then Moses wont up into the mountain, - and the cloud covered the mountain.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and ascended into the mountain. And it came to pass that Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 20:21

So then the people stood afar off, and, Moses, approached unto the thick gloom, where God was.

Numbers 16:5

Then spake he unto Korah, and unto all his assembly, saying, In the morning, will Yahweh make known who are his, and who is the holy one and will cause him to come near unto himself, - yea him whom he shall choose, will he cause to come near unto himself.

Jeremiah 30:21

And, his illustrious one, shall spring, from himself, And his ruler, from his own midst, shall proceed, And I will bring him near and he shall approach unto me, - For who is there that hath pledged his own heart to approach unto me? Demandeth Yahweh:

Jeremiah 49:19

Lo! like a lion, will he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink - I will make him run away therefrom, Who then shall be the Chosen One whom over it, I may set in charge? For who shall be like unto, me? And who shall appoint me, a time? And who is the Shepherd that shall stand before, me?

Hebrews 9:24

For, not into a Holy place made by hand, entered Christ, - counterpart of the real Holy place ; but, into the heaven itself, now, to be plainly manifested before the face of God in our behalf; -

Hebrews 10:21-22

And having a great priest over the house of God,

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