Come Near נָגַשׁ

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jan 22, 2026 · 3m

We are in moving into chapter twenty-four of Exodus with our word for today. נָגַשׁ set forward, approach, draw near, turn towards, advance, bring in close. It is used 125 times in the Old Testament. Our words is used in the sense to move towards or near. A good example is when Jacob was pretending to be Esau to trick his father Isaac. Genesis 27:21-22, 26-27 Then Isaac said to Jacob, גְּשָׁה “Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.” Jacob וַיִּגַּ֧שׁ went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob…