Exodus 24:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.””
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“Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Moses alone shall come near the Lord: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 24:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 19:12And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 20:21And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
- Exodus 24:13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
- Exodus 24:15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
- Exodus 24:18Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
- Numbers 16:5Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.
- Jeremiah 30:21Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 49:19Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
- Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Hebrews 10:21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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