Exodus 24:2

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abihu, 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 be obedient.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:12And thou shalt separate the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mountain, nor touch any part of it: everyone 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.

Jeremiah 30:21Behold, I will bring terror upon thee, saith the Lord, from all the country round about thee; and ye shall be scattered every one right before him, and there is none to gather you.

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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