Exodus 20:26

New International Version

And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’

Cross References

Psalm 89:7

In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

Exodus 28:42

“Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body, reaching from the waist to the thigh.

Exodus 28:43

Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. “This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Ezekiel 43:17

The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit. The steps of the altar face east.”

Leviticus 10:3

Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said: “ ‘Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’ ” Aaron remained silent.

1 Peter 1:16

for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”