Exodus 20:26 · KJV
“Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.”
— Exodus 20:26
Exodus 20 — Context
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.
25And 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. {build...: Heb. build them with hewing}
26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Cross References
1 Peter 1:16
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Keep 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.
Leviticus 10:3
Then 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.
Hebrews 12:28-29
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: {let...: or, let us hold fast}
Psalms 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all {them that are} about him.
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