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Exodus 20:26

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

KJV

Non ascendes per gradus ad altare meum, ne reveletur turpitudo tua.

Vulgate

οὐκ ἀναβήσῃ ἐν ἀναβαθμίσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν μου, ὅπως ἂν μὴ ἀποκαλύψῃς τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην σου ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ.

LXX

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

ASV

וְ/לֹֽא תַעֲלֶ֥ה בְ/מַעֲלֹ֖ת עַֽל מִזְבְּחִ֑/י אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא תִגָּלֶ֥ה עֶרְוָתְ/ךָ֖ עָלָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת
m'lvt
noun · 50×
עֶרְוַ֥ת
'rvt
noun · 54×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תְגַלֵּ֑ה
tglh
verb · 185×

Doctrines that cite this verse

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:16 — Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
  • Eccl 5:1 — Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
  • Exod 28:43 — And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniq
  • Ezek 43:17 — And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stair
  • Heb 12:28 — Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
  • Lev 10:3 — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
  • Ps 89:7 — God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.