'Approach' in the Bible

And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

But to the elders he said, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a legal matter, let him approach them.”

They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they enter the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur guilt and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.

when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the Lord.

‘None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt.

‘Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity.

nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;

“Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the food of his God.

For no one who has a defect shall approach: a blind man, or a lame man, or he who has a disfigured face, or any deformed limb,

But do this to them that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each of them to his work and to his load;

“When you approach a city to fight against it, you shall offer it terms of peace.

Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us as at the first, we will flee before them.

He said to his servant, “Come and let us approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them; and they raped her and abused her all night until morning, then let her go at the approach of dawn.

“I would declare to Him the number of my steps;Like a prince I would approach Him.

A thousand may fall at your sideAnd ten thousand at your right hand,But it shall not approach you.

‘Their leader shall be one of them,And their ruler shall come forth from their midst;And I will bring him near and he shall approach Me;For who would dare to risk his life to approach Me?’ declares the Lord.

and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period—

When the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary without laying there their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall approach that which is for the people.”

For their hearts are like an ovenAs they approach their plotting;Their anger smolders all night,In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.