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Exodus 24:2

And Moses alone shall draw near unto Yahweh, but, they shall not draw near, and, the people, shall not come up with him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 unto Moses, he said—Come up unto Yahweh—thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, so shall ye bow yourselves down from afar.

3So Moses came, and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the regulations, and all the people responded with one voice and said, All the words which Yahweh hath spoken, will we do.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:12So then thou shalt set bounds for the people round about saying, Take heed to yourselves—that ye go not up into the mountain, nor touch the boundary thereof, whosoever toucheth the mountain, shall, surely die.

Exodus 24:13And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up into the mountain of God;

Exodus 24:18And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and ascended into the mountain. And it came to pass that Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Jeremiah 30:21And, his illustrious one, shall spring, from himself, And his ruler, from his own midst, shall proceed, And I will bring him near and he shall approach unto me,—For who is there that hath pledged his own heart to approach unto me? Demandeth Yahweh:

Hebrews 9:24For, not into a Holy place made by hand, entered Christ,—counterpart of the real [Holy place]; but, into the heaven itself, now, to be plainly manifested before the face of God in our behalf;—

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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