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Exodus 24:2

World English Bible

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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Exodus 24:2 in other translations

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

Exodus 24:2 · American Standard Version

Exodus 24:2 in context

  1. 1He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
  2. 2Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”
  3. 3Moses came and told the people all Yahweh’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do.”
  4. 4Moses wrote all Yahweh’s words, then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.