KJV King James Version
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur [are] with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
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Exodus 24:14
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur [are] with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”
WEB World English Bible
He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and unto the elders he hath said, ‘Abide ye for us in this place, until that we turn back unto you, and lo, Aaron and Hur are with you—he who hath matters doth come nigh unto them.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 24
11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur [are] with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
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וְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַזְּקֵנִ֤יםH2205 · za.qenold: elderאָמַר֙H559 · a.marto sayשְׁבוּ־H3427 · ya.shavto dwellלָ֣נוּH9035 · nuusבָזֶ֔הH2088 · zehthisעַ֥דH5704 · adtillאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichנָשׁ֖וּבH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֲלֵיכֶ֑םH413 · elto(wards)וְהִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdאַהֲרֹ֤ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronוְחוּר֙H2354 · churHurעִמָּכֶ֔םH5973 · imwithמִי־H4310 · miwho?בַ֥עַלH1167 · ba.almasterדְּבָרִ֖יםH1697 · da.varwordיִגַּ֥שׁH5066 · na.gashto approach: approachאֲלֵהֶֽם׃H413 · elto(wards)
Cross-references
Exodus 17:12But Moses’ hands [were] heavy; and they took a stone, and put [it] under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.Exodus 17:10So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.Genesis 22:5And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.1 Samuel 10:8And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, [and] to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.Exodus 32:1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.1 Samuel 13:8-13And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.Exodus 18:25-26And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
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