Exodus 24:2
“And Moses alone shall come neere the Lord: but they shall not come nigh, neither shall the people goe vp with him.”
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Exodus 24:2 Context
1And hee said vnto Moses, Come vp vnto þe Lord,thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seuentie of the Elders of Israel: and worship ye a farre off. 2And Moses alone shall come neere the Lord: but they shall not come nigh, neither shall the people goe vp with him. 3¶ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the iudgements: and all the people answered with one voyce, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said, will we doe. 4And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose vp early in the morning, and builded an Altar vnder the hill, and twelue pillars, according to the twelue tribes of Israel.
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Other Translations for Exodus 24:2
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
- King James Version
"Moses alone, however, shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.
- Basic English Bible
And let Moses alone come near Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
- Darby Bible
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
- Webster's Bible
Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."
- World English Bible
and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.
- Youngs Literal Bible
and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Exodus 24:2
24:2 And Moses alone shall come near - Being therein a type of Christ, who as the high priest entered alone into the most holy place. In the following verses we have the solemn covenant made between God and Israel and the exchanging of the ratifications: typifying the covenant of grace between God and believers through Christ.