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Exodus 34:3

in Exodus 34

No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And 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.

KJV

And 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.

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This verse in Exodus 34

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Hew thee two tables of stone

on Exodus 34:1-3

The second set of tables is cut by Moses, where Exodus 32:16 says the first set was the work of God. What goes on them is the same writing, so the covenant that was broken is restored in its own words rather than replaced by easier ones. The mountain is fenced again as it was at Exodus 19:12 and 19:13, and this time even the flocks and herds are kept back from grazing before it.

This site's exposition

No one may go up with you

At the first ascent Aaron and seventy elders went partway up at 24:9. This time no one may go up with Moses. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the order as teaching the holiness of the LORD, whose law was given a second time.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And no man shall come up with thee,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The whole transaction was ordered so as to impress the people with an awful sense of the holiness of God; and that it was a matter of no trifling moment to have subjected Him, so to speak, to the necessity of re-delivering the law of the ten commandments.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאִישׁ֙and anyone

    veishH376 →1663 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יַעֲלֶ֣הhe will go up

    yaalehH5927 →890 times

  • עִמָּ֔ךְwith you

    ʾimakhH5973 →1050 times

  • וְגַם־and also

    vegam-H1571 →769 times

  • אִ֥ישׁanyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • יֵרָ֖אhe be seen

    yera'H7200 →1300 times

  • בְּכָל־on all

    bekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הָהָ֑רthe mountain

    haharH2022 →546 times

  • גַּם־also

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • הַצֹּ֤אןthe sheep

    hatzonH6629 →274 times

  • וְהַבָּקָר֙and the cattle

    vehabakarH1241 →183 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • יִרְע֔וּthey graze

    yiruH7462 →177 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מ֖וּל[the] front of

    mulH4136 →36 times

  • הָהָ֥רthe mountain

    haharH2022 →546 times

  • הַהֽוּא׃<the> that

    hahu'H1931 →1879 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 19:12–13And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.5 worksExodus 19:21and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.4 worksJob 26:9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.3 worksLeviticus 16:17No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.3 works1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,2 worksHebrews 12:20For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 33:9As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Timothy 2:5

    For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 8:6

      yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and…

    • Galatians 3:20

      A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.

    • Hebrews 9:15

      Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…

    • Hebrews 7:25

      Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

    • Deuteronomy 6:4

      Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.

  • Through

    Hebrews 12:20

    For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

    it leads to

    • Exodus 19:12–13

      And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain…

  • Through

    Exodus 19:21

    and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 6:19

      But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them…

    • Exodus 3:5

      “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 34 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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