KJV King James Version
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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Exodus 20:26
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
WEB World English Bible
Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’
ASV American Standard Version
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.
Surrounding context — Exodus 20
23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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1 Peter 1:16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.Psalm 89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.Hebrews 12:28-29Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
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