Parallel Verses
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."
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 he said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. 2 Moses alone, however, shall come near to the Lord, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him.” 3 Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do."
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 24:13
So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
Exodus 24:15
Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
Exodus 24:18
Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 20:21
The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
Numbers 16:5
and he said to Korah and all his company, "In the morning the LORD will show who is his, and who is holy, and will bring him near to him. The one whom he chooses he will bring near to him.
Jeremiah 30:21
Their prince shall be one of themselves; their ruler shall come out from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach me? declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
Hebrews 10:21-22
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,