Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”
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Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”
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And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
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and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.'
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Passages linked to Exodus 24:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 24:13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.
- Exodus 24:15 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
- Exodus 24:18 Moses entered into the middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
- Hebrews 10:21-22 and having a great priest over God’s house, let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
- Numbers 16:5 He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
- Jeremiah 30:21 Their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will proceed from among them. I will cause him to draw near, and he will approach me; for who is he who has had boldness to approach me?” says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:19 “Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. For who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”
- Hebrews 9:24 For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
- Exodus 20:21 The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the…
Exo 24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
Ver. 2. But they shall not come nigh.] But half-way only. {Exo 24:2} {See Trapp on "Exo 19:12"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Moses alone, i.e. without the persons now mentioned, though…
Moses alone, i.e. without the persons now mentioned, though not without Joshua his minister, as some conceive from Exo 24:13, though even there Moses seems to ascend into the mount without Joshua.
Neither shall the people go up with him to any part of the mount, as Aaron, and Nadab, &c. did, but they shall tarry at the bottom. See Exo 19:12.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Moses alone shall come near the Lord,.... Into…
And Moses alone shall come near the Lord,.... Into the cloud where he was, and talk with him face to face, as a man talketh with his friend; which was great nearness indeed, and a peculiar favour and high honour was this:
but they shall not come nigh; Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel:
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neither shall the people go up with him; not any of them, much less the whole body. It seems, by this account, that Moses had been down from the mount after he had received the laws recorded in the two preceding chapters; though as yet he had not related them to the people, but did before he went up again by the above order, as appears from what follows.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And Moses alone shall come near - Being therein…
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.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. Moses alone shall come near] The people…
Verse 2. Moses alone shall come near] The people stood at the foot of the mountain. Aaron and his two sons and the seventy elders went up, probably about half way, and Moses alone went to the summit.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 24:2. And Moses alone shall come near —…
Exo 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 verse 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.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Moses alone shall come near the Lord —…
2. Moses alone shall come near the Lord — Here was a symbolical outline of what was afterward formally fixed in the Levitical code. Moses represented the highpriest, who went alone into the most holy place, (Lev_16:17,) and these others the ordinary consecrated priests who might minister in the holy place, and at the altar, while the people were required to remain in the distance.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. they (emph.)] Aaron, his two sons, and the…
2. they (emph.)] Aaron, his two sons, and the elders.
neither, &c.] Observe the gradation: the people generally are to remain at the foot of the mountain; Aaron, his two sons, and the elders come partly up the mountain; only Moses goes to the top (cf. Exo_19:21, Exo_20:21).
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