Exodus 20:26

You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’

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WEBBE

You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’

BSB

And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’’’

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.

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וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 תַעֲלֶה ta·'a·leh you must go up H5927 בְמַעֲלֹת ve·ma·'a·lot on steps H4609 עַל־ 'al- to H5921 מִזְבְּחִי miz·be·chi altar my H4196 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher that H834 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 תִגָּלֶה ti·ga·leh it will be uncovered H1540 עֶרְוָתְךָ 'er·va·te·kha nakedness your H6172 עָלָיו פ 'a·lav on it H5921

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 22–26

Moses having entered into the thick darkness, God there spake in his hearing all that follows from hence to the end of chap. 23, which is mostly an exposition of the ten commandments. The laws in these verses relate to God's worship. The Israelites are assured of God's gracious acceptance of their devotions. Under the gospel, men are encouraged to pray every where, and wherever God's people meet in his name to worship him, he will be in the midst of them; there he will come unto them, and will bless them.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.