Exodus 20:26

New Century Version

And you must not go up to my altar on steps, or people will be able to see under your clothes.”

Cross References

Psalm 89:7

When the holy ones meet, it is God they fear. He is more frightening than all who surround him.

Exodus 28:42

“Make for them linen underclothes to cover them from the waist to the upper parts of the legs.

Exodus 28:43

Aaron and his sons must wear these underclothes when they enter the Meeting Tent and anytime they come near the altar to serve as priests in the Holy Place. If they do not wear these clothes, they will be guilty of wrong, and they will die. This will be a law that will last from now on for Aaron and all his descendants.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Be careful when you go to worship at the Temple. It is better to listen than to offer foolish sacrifices without even knowing you are doing wrong.

Ezekiel 43:17

The upper ledge is also square, twenty-four and one-half feet long and twenty-four and one-half feet wide. The rim around the altar is ten and one-half inches wide, and its gutter is twenty-one inches wide all around. Its steps are on the east side.”

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘I must be respected as holy by those who come near me; before all the people I must be given honor.’ ” So Aaron did not say anything about the death of his sons.

1 Peter 1:16

It is written in the Scriptures: “You must be holy, because I am holy.”