Exodus 24:2
Moses alone may come near to me. The others must not come near, nor may the people come up with him.”
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Exodus 19:12You must set boundaries all around the mountain for the people. Say to them, 'Be careful that you do not go up the mountain or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death.'
Exodus 24:13So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God.
Exodus 24:18Moses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. He was up the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
Jeremiah 30:21Their leader will come from among them. He will emerge from their midst 1 when I draw him near and when he approaches me. 1 If I do not do this, who would dare come close to me?—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1
Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter into the most holy place made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one. Instead he entered into heaven itself, to appear now in God's presence for us.
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 →