Exodus 20:26

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’

Cross References

Psalm 89:7

a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and terrible above all that are round about him?

Exodus 28:42

And you shall make for them linen breeches to cover their naked flesh; from the loins to the thighs they shall reach;

Exodus 28:43

and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place; lest they bring guilt upon themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual statute for him and for his descendants after him.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Ezekiel 43:17

The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit round about. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘I will show myself holy among those who are near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron held his peace.

1 Peter 1:16

since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”