a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and awesome above all who are around him?
Exodus 20:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You shall not go up by steps to my altar, so that your nakedness may not be exposed on it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness be not exposed upon it. American Standard Version (1901) Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon. Common English Bible Don’t climb onto my altar using steps: then your genitals won’t be exposed by doing so.” Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not ascend by steps to my altar, lest your nakedness be revealed." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not go up by steps unto my altar, lest thy nakedness be discovered. |
a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and awesome above all who are around him?
You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh; they shall reach from the hips to the thighs.
They shall be worn by Aaron and his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not bring guilt on themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him.
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than the sacrifice offered by fools, for they do not know how to keep from doing evil.
The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide, with a rim around it half a cubit high, and its surrounding base, one cubit. Its steps shall face east.”
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said, ‘Through those who are near me I will show myself holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron was silent.