Exodus 24:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 24:13 : 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exod 24:15 : 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Exod 24:18 : 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.
Num 16:5 : 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.
Jer 30:21 : 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.
Jer 49:19 : 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?
Heb 9:24 : 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:
Heb 10:21-22 : 21 And having an high priest over the house of God; 22 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.
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
85%
1And 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.
Exod 19:20-25
6 verses
82%
20And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
22And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24And the LORD said unto him, Away, 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 the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
25So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
Exod 34:2-3
2 verses
80%
2And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in 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
4 verses
77%
18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, 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 your faces, 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
2 verses
76%
20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
21And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 24:15
75%
15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Exod 19:17
75%
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Num 18:22
75%
22Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
Exod 24:18
75%
18And 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.
Exod 24:12-13
2 verses
75%
12And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exod 19:12-14
3 verses
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:
13There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it 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 clothes.
Num 16:44
74%
44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 24:3
74%
3And 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.
Exod 19:9
74%
9And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
Lev 22:1
74%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 21:23-24
2 verses
73%
23Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
24And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
Exod 19:3
73%
3And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD 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
73%
7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Lev 16:2
73%
2And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
2 Chr 23:6
73%
6But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
Num 14:13
73%
13And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it,(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
Lev 9:5
73%
5And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
Lev 24:13
73%
13And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 34:34
72%
34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
Num 14:42
72%
42Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Num 16:40
72%
40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
Num 20:6
72%
6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
Lev 9:23
72%
23And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.
Num 25:10
72%
10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 31:16
72%
16And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Num 17:13
72%
13Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Num 20:27
72%
27And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
Num 16:23
72%
23And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 35:20
72%
20And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
Exod 40:35
72%
35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.