Moses alone may come ¹  near the Lord, but the others ²  must not come near, ³  nor may the people go up with him.”

biblegateway Exo 24:2

"Moses alone, however, shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him."

Moses alone is to approach the LORD, but the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him."

Moses may come near the LORD, but the others may not. The people must not come along with Moses."

biblegateway Exo 24:2

but Moses alone is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him."

Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him."

bibleoremus Exo 24:2

Moses alone shall come near the LORD; but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him."

then Moses is to approach the LORD by himself, but not the others. The people must not go up with him.”

biblegateway Exo 24:2

"And Moses alone shall come near the LORD, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him."

And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

biblegateway Exo 24:2

Moses alone may come ¹  near the Lord, but the others ²  must not come near, ³  nor may the people go up with him.”

¹ tn The verb is a perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive; it and the preceding perfect tense follow the imperative, and so have either a force of instruction, or, as taken here, are the equivalent of an imperfect tense (of permission).

² tn Heb “they.”

³ tn Now the imperfect tense negated is used; here the prohibition would fit (“they will not come near”), or the obligatory (“they must not”) in which the subjects are obliged to act – or not act in this case.