Exodus 24:2

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Only Moses is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near, and the people must not go up with him.

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  • Exod 24:13 : 13 So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
  • Exod 24:15 : 15 Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
  • Exod 24:18 : 18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
  • Num 16:5 : 5 Then he spoke to Korah and all his followers, saying, "In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to Him, who is holy, and whom He permits to approach Him. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.
  • Jer 30:21 : 21 Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from among them. I will bring him near, and he will approach Me—for who would dare to risk his life to approach Me? declares the LORD.
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 Look, like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a permanent pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom from its land, and I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For who is like me, and who can summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
  • Heb 10:21-22 : 21 and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Exod 20:21 : 21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

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  • Exod 24:1
    85%

    1The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship from a distance."

  • Exod 19:20-25
    6 verses
    82%

    20The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Then the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

    21The LORD said to Moses, 'Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to see the LORD, or many of them will perish.'

    22Even the priests who come near the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.

    23Moses said to the LORD, 'The people cannot come up Mount Sinai because You yourself warned us, saying: Set boundaries around the mountain and consecrate it.'

    24The LORD replied, 'Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.'

    25So Moses went down to the people and told them.

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2Be ready in the morning, and come up to Mount Sinai in the morning and stand before Me there on the top of the mountain.

    3No one may come up with you, and no one should be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and herds must not graze near the mountain.

  • Exod 24:9
    79%

    9Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

  • Exod 20:18-21
    4 verses
    77%

    18When all the people saw the thunder and the lightning flashes, and heard the sound of the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear and stood at a distance.

    19They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'

    20Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you to keep you from sinning.'

    21The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

  • Num 4:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.

    21The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 24:15
    75%

    15Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

  • Exod 19:17
    75%

    17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

  • Num 18:22
    75%

    22From now on, the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and die.

  • Exod 24:18
    75%

    18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

  • Exod 24:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay there, so I can give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written to teach them."

    13So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

  • Exod 19:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12Set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Be careful not to go up the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain must surely be put to death.

    13No hand is to touch it; anyone who touches it must be stoned or shot with arrows. Whether animal or human, they must not be allowed to live.' Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they go up the mountain.

    14Moses went down from the mountain to the people, consecrated them, and they washed their garments.

  • Exod 24:3
    74%

    3Moses came and told the people all the LORD's words and laws. The people responded with one voice, saying, "We will do everything the LORD has said."

  • Exod 19:9
    74%

    9The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, I am coming to you in a dense cloud so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may always believe in you.' Then Moses reported the people's words to the LORD.

  • Lev 22:1
    74%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 21:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23but he must not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar because he has a defect. He must not profane My sanctuary, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.

    24So Moses spoke this to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites.

  • Exod 19:3
    73%

    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob and declare to the children of Israel:

  • Exod 19:7
    73%

    7So Moses came and summoned the elders of the people. He set before them all the words that the LORD had commanded him.

  • Lev 16:2
    73%

    2The LORD said to Moses, "Tell your brother Aaron that he must not come at any time into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain, in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the atonement cover.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    73%

    6Let no one enter the house of the Lord except the priests and those Levites who are serving. They may enter because they are holy, but all the people must keep the Lord's command.

  • Num 14:13
    73%

    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

  • Lev 9:5
    73%

    5So they brought what Moses commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting. Then the entire assembly came near and stood before the LORD.

  • Lev 24:13
    73%

    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 34:34
    72%

    34But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. When he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,

  • Num 14:42
    72%

    42Do not go up, because the LORD is not with you; you will be defeated by your enemies.'

  • Num 20:6
    72%

    6Moses and Aaron left the assembly and went to the entrance of the tent of meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

  • Lev 9:23
    72%

    23Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

  • Num 25:10
    72%

    10The LORD said to Moses,

  • Deut 31:16
    72%

    16The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, you are going to rest with your ancestors, and this people will rise up and prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.'

  • Num 17:13
    72%

    13He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was stopped.

  • Num 20:27
    72%

    27Moses did as the LORD commanded. They climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.

  • Num 16:23
    72%

    23Then the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 35:20
    72%

    20Then the entire assembly of the Israelites left Moses' presence.

  • Exod 40:35
    72%

    35Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.