Exodus 24:2
Only Moses may approach the Lord—the others must not come near. The people may not go up the mountain with him.”
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Exodus 19:12Set up a boundary for the people all around and warn them, ‘Watch out! Don't try to go up the mountain—don't even touch it! For anyone who touches the mountain will most certainly be killed. Don't touch any person or any animal that has touched the mountain.
Exodus 24:13So Moses left with Joshua his attendant and climbed up the mountain of God.
Exodus 24:18Moses went into the cloud as he climbed up on the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and nights.
Jeremiah 30:21Their leader will be from their own country, their ruler will be chosen from among them. I will invite him to come close to me, and he will do so, for would anyone dare to approach me without being asked? declares the Lord.
Hebrews 9:24For Christ hasn't entered a Most Holy Place constructed by human beings that is only a pattern of the original. He has entered heaven itself, and now appears on our behalf, speaking for us in God's presence.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 24:2-9
Israel's Acceptance of the Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord , thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the Lord : but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord , and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do. 4 And Moses… Read the whole commentary →