Exodus 24 · Verse 2

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.
Exodus 24:2, King James Version

Exodus 24:2 in other translations

BSBMoses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
WEBMoses alone shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”
ASVand Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
YLTand Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.
DARBYAnd let Moses alone come near Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

What does Exodus 24:2 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 24:1-8

A solemn covenant was made between God and Israel. Very solemn it was, typifying the covenant of grace between God and believers, through Christ. As soon as God separated to himself a peculiar people, he governed them by a written word, as he has done ever since. God's covenants and commands are so just in themselves, and so much for our good, that the more we think of them, and the more plainly and fully they are…

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Exodus 24:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנִגַּ֨שׁve.ni.Gashand he will draw nearH5066
מֹשֶׁ֤הmo.ShehMosesH4872
לְבַדּוֹ֙le.va.Doto only himH905
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְהֵ֖םve.Hemand theyH1992
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יִגָּ֑שׁוּyi.Ga.shuthey will draw nearH5066
וְהָעָ֕םve.ha.'Amand the peopleH5971
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יַעֲל֖וּya.'a.Luthey will come upH5927
עִמּֽוֹ\׃i.Mowith himH5973

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 24:2

  • Hebrews 10:21-22

    And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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:

  • Numbers 16:5

    And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew 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.

  • 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?

  • Exodus 20:21

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13,15,18; 20:21; Nu 16:5; Jer 30:21; 49:19; Heb 9:24; 10:21,22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 24:1

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Exodus 24:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas Moisés sólo se llegará á Jehová; y ellos no se lleguen cerca, ni suba con él el pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Moïse s’approchera seul de l’ Éternel; mais eux ne s’approcheront pas, et le peuple ne montera pas avec lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose allein nahe sich zu Jehova; sie aber sollen sich nicht nahen, und das Volk soll nicht mit ihm heraufsteigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Solusque Moyses ascendet ad Dominum, et illi non appropinquabunt: nec populus ascendet cum eo.