Exodus 20:26 - Easy To Read Version

And you must not make steps leading up to the altar. If there are steps, then when people look up to the altar, they will be able to see under your clothes.”

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King 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.

Exodus 20:26 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 89:7

God meets together with the holy ones.\par Those angels are all around him.\par They fear and respect God.\par They stand in awe of him.\par

Exodus 28:42

“Use linen [262] to make underclothes for the priests. These underclothes will cover them from the waist to the thighs.

Exodus 28:43

Aaron and his sons must wear these clothes anytime they enter the Meeting Tent. [263] They must wear these clothes when they come near to the altar to serve as priests in the Holy Place. If they don’t wear these clothes, then they will be guilty of wrong, and they will have to die. All this should be a law that continues forever for Aaron and all his family after him.”

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Be very careful when you go to worship God. It is better to listen \{to God\} than to give sacrifices {\cf2\super [23]} like foolish people. Foolish people often do bad things, and they don’t even know it.

Ezekiel 43:17

The ledge was also square, 14 cubits {\cf2\super [409]} long by 14 cubits wide. The border around it was 1/2 cubit {\cf2\super [410]} wide. (The gutter around the base was 2 cubits {\cf2\super [411]} wide.) The steps going up to the altar were on the east side.”

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “The Lord says, ‘The priests that come near me must respect me! I must be holy to them and to all the people.’” So Aaron did not say anything {about his sons dying}.

1 Peter 1:16

The Scriptures {\cf2\super [9]} say, “Be holy, because I (God) am holy.” {\cf2\super [10]}