Exodus 24:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

² And Moses alone shall come near the Lord: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Moses alone shall come near the Lord; the others shall not come near, and neither shall the people come up with him.

American Standard Version (1901)

² and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

Common English Bible

² Only Moses may come near to the LORD. The others shouldn’t come near, while the people shouldn’t come up with him at all.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And only Moses will ascend to the Lord, and these shall not approach. Neither shall the people ascend with him."

Exodus 24:2 Cross References

Exodus 24:18

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 24:15

And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

Exodus 24:13

And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua; and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Jeremiah 30:21

And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord.

Numbers 16:5

and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even tomorrow the Lord will show who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

Exodus 20:21

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Exodus 24:1

And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abi´hu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

Exodus 24:3

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.

Exodus 19:12

And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: