God’s Word Translation
Exodus 34:3
3No one may come with you or even be seen anywhere on the mountain. Even the flocks and herds may not graze in front of this mountain.”
Exodus 34:3 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And no man shall come up with you, and let no man be seen throughout all the mountain; let neither flocks nor herds feed before that mountain.”
Context of Exodus 34:3
1The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two ⌞more⌟ stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed. 2Be ready in the morning. Then come up on Mount Sinai, and stand in my presence on the top of the mountain. No one may come with you or even be seen anywhere on the mountain. Even the flocks and herds may not graze in front of this mountain.” 4So Moses cut two ⌞more⌟ stone tablets like the first ones. Early the next morning he went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, carrying the two stone tablets. 5The Lord came down in a cloud and stood there with him and called out his name “the Lord.”
Read all of Exodus 34Exodus 34:3 word by word
וְאִישׁ֙ לֹֽא־יַעֲלֶ֣ה עִמָּ֔ךְ וְגַם־אִ֥ישׁ אַל־יֵרָ֖א בְּכָל־הָהָ֑ר גַּם־הַצֹּ֤אן וְהַבָּקָר֙ אַל־יִרְע֔וּ אֶל־מ֖וּל הָהָ֥ר הַהֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And no manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- shall come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- with thee, neitherאַל'al · notH408
- be seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- throughout all the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- neither let the flocksצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
- nor herdsבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
- feedרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
- beforeמוּלmûl môl mô'l mûl · oppositeH4136
Cross-references for Exodus 34:3
- Exodus 19:12Mark off a boundary around the mountain for the people, and tell them not to go up the mountain or even touch it. Those who touch the mountain must be put to death.
- Leviticus 16:17No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time Aaron enters the holy place to do this until he comes out. Aaron will make peace with the Lord for his own sins, his family’s sins, and the sins of the entire assembly of Israel.
- 1 Timothy 2:5There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and humans—a human, Christ Jesus.
- Hebrews 12:20They couldn’t obey the command that was given, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”
Commentaries on Exodus 34:3
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3God called Moses to come back up Mount Sinai with two new stone tablets. The restrictions for the rest of the people are like those made at first (see 19:12–13, 21–25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. no man shall come up with thee ... neither ... flocks nor herds--All these enactments were made in order that the law might be a second time renewed with the solemnity and sanctity that marked its first delivery. 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…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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