Exodus 24:2

And Moses alone shall draw near to God; and they shall not draw near, and the people shall not come up with them.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The 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.

In Context

1And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, you and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance.

3And Moses went in and related to the people all the words of God and the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, All the words which the Lord has spoken, we will do and + 24:3 Lit. listen. be obedient.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:12And you shall separate the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves that you⌃ go not up into the mountain, nor touch any part of it: every one that touches the mountain shall surely die.

Exodus 24:13And Moses rose up and Joshua his attendant, and they went up into the mount of God.

Exodus 24:18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up to the mountain, and was there in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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 →

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