'Near' in the Bible

And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

And if a man from another country is living with you, and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all the males of his family undergo circumcision, and then let him come near and keep it; for he will then be as one of your people; but no one without circumcision may keep it.

Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.

But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt.

And when Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians coming after them, and were full of fear; and their cry went up to God.

And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the people of Israel, Come near before the Lord for he has given ear to your outcry.

And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:

And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.

And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.

Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.

Aaron and his sons are to put these on whenever they go into the Tent of meeting or come near the altar, when they are doing the work of the holy place, so that they may be free from any sin causing death: this is to be an order for him and his seed after him for ever.

Whenever they go into the Tent of meeting they are to be washed with water, to keep them from death; and whenever they come near to do the work of the altar, or to make an offering by fire to the Lord,

And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.

And the Lord said, See, there is a place near me, and you may take your place on the rock:

No one is to come up with you, and let no man be seen anywhere on the mountain; let no flocks or herds come near to get their food at its foot.

But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear.

And later, all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all the orders which the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.

Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.