Exodus 34:3

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

1Now the Lord said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered. 2So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain. No man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain.” 4So he cut out two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand. 5The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord.

Exodus 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

• Noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• is to comeעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• up with you, norאַל'al · notH408
• let anyגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• be seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• anywhereכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• on the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• the flocksצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• and the herdsבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
• may not grazeרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• in frontמוּלmûl môl mô'l mûl · oppositeH4136

Cross-references for Exodus 34:3

• Exodus 19:12You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
• Leviticus 16:17When he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household and for all the assembly of Israel.
• 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
• Hebrews 12:20For they could not bear the command, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.”

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

Topics related to Exodus 34:3

• Law
• Sinai
• Stones

In the dictionaries

• Abundant
• Commandment
• Cut
• Desire
• Goodness
• Keep
• Longsuffering
• Merciful
• Worship
• Ark of the Covenant

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