Exodus 24:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנִגַּ֨שׁ מֹשֶׁ֤ה לְבַדּוֹ֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְהֵ֖ם לֹ֣א יִגָּ֑שׁוּ וְהָעָ֕ם לֹ֥א יַעֲל֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-niggaš Mōšeh ləbaddô ʾel-YHWH wə-hēm lōʾ yiggāšû wə-hāʿām lōʾ yaʿălû ʿimmô

Grammar Details

*wə-niggaš*: conjunction + verb, niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he shall approach/come near
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ləbaddô*: preposition + noun + suffix, 3rd masculine singular - by himself/alone
*ʾel*: preposition - to/unto
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*wə-hēm*: conjunction + pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - and they
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yiggāšû*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they shall approach/come near
*wə-hāʿām*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the people
*yaʿălû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they shall go up/ascend
*ʿimmô*: preposition + suffix, 3rd masculine singular - with him

Word Meanings

*niggaš*: approach/come near/draw near
*ləbaddô*: alone/by himself/only him
*yiggāšû*: approach/come near/draw near
*yaʿălû*: go up/ascend/climb

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 24:13 : 13 And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exod 24:15 : 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
Exod 24:18 : 18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Num 16:5 : 5 and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning Jehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him.
Jer 30:21 : 21 And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah.
Jer 49:19 : 19 Behold, he shall 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 whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?
Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ entered {G1525} not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
Heb 10:21-22 : 21 and [having] a great priest over the house of God; 22 let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
Exod 20:21 : 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 24:1
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1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off:
Exod 19:20-25
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20And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
22And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.
23And Moses said unto Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.
25So Moses went down unto the people, and told them.
Exod 34:2-3
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2And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount.
3And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
Exod 24:9
79%
9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Exod 20:18-21
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77%
18And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.
21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
Num 4:20-21
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76%
20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
21And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 24:15
75%
15And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
Exod 19:17
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17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Num 18:22
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22And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
Exod 24:18
75%
18And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exod 24:12-13
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12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.
13And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exod 19:12-14
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74%
12And 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:
13no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.
Num 16:44
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Exod 24:3
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Exod 19:9
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9And Jehovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah.
Lev 22:1
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Lev 21:23-24
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23only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.
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3And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
Exod 19:7
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7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him.
Lev 16:2
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2 Chr 23:6
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Num 14:13
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13And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;
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5And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Jehovah.
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13And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 34:34
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Num 16:40
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Num 20:6
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6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them.
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23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the people.
Num 25:10
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Deut 31:16
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Num 17:13
72%
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Num 20:27
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Num 16:23
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23And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 35:20
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Exod 40:35
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35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.