Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Do not build an altar for me with steps leading up to it; if you do, you will expose yourselves as you go up the steps. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Thou shalt not go up by steps unto my altar, lest thy nakedness be discovered. thy nakedness Leviticus 10:3 And Moses said to Aaron: This is what the Lord hath spoken. I will be sanctified in them that approach to me: and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people. And when Aaron heard this, he held his peace. Psalm 89:7 God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him. Ecclesiastes 5:1 Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do. Hebrews 12:28,29 Therefore, receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace: whereby let us serve, pleasing God, with fear and reverence. . . . 1 Peter 1:16 Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy. Context The Altar of Sacrifice…25And if thou make an altar of stone unto me, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up a tool upon it, it shall be defiled. 26Thou shalt not go up by steps unto my altar, lest thy nakedness be discovered. Cross References Exodus 28:42 Thou shalt make also linen breeches, to cover the flesh of their nakedness, from the reins to the thighs: Exodus 28:43 And Aaron and his sons shall use them when they shall go into the tabernacle of the testimony, or when they approach to the altar to minister in the sanctuary. lest being guilty of iniquity they die. It shall be a law for ever to Aaron, and to his seed after him. Ezekiel 43:17 And the brim was fourteen cubits long, and fourteen cubits broad in the four corners thereof: and the crown round about it was half a cubit, and the bottom of it one cubit round about: and its steps turned toward the east. Jump to Previous Altar Bodies Discovered Exposed Fear Nakedness Revealed Steps Thereon UncoveredJump to Next Altar Bodies Discovered Exposed Fear Nakedness Revealed Steps Thereon UncoveredLinks Exodus 20:26 NIVExodus 20:26 NLT Exodus 20:26 ESV Exodus 20:26 NASB Exodus 20:26 Bible Apps Exodus 20:26 Biblia Paralela Exodus 20:26 Chinese Bible Exodus 20:26 French Bible Exodus 20:26 German Bible Alphabetical: altar And be by do exposed go it' lest my nakedness not on shall so steps that to up will you your OT Law: Exodus 20:26 Neither shall you go up by steps (Exo. Ex) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |