Exodus 20:26 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 20:26

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar - The word altar comes from altus, high or elevated, though the Hebrew word מזבח mizbach, from זבח zabach, to slay, kill, etc., signifies merely a place for sacrifice; see Gen 8:20. But the heathens, who imitated the rites of the true God in their idolatrous worship, made their altars very high; whence they derived their name altaria, altars, i.e., very high or elevated places; which they built thus, partly through pride and vain glory, and partly that their gods might the better hear them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Neither shall thou go at by steps unto mine altar - Indeed afterwards God appointed an altar ten cubits high. But it is probable, they went not up to that by steps, but by a sloping ascent.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
תַעֲלֶ֥ה	ta.'a.Leh	you must go up	H5927 →
בְמַעֲלֹ֖ת	ve.ma.'a.Lot	on steps	H4609 →
עַֽל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
מִזְבְּחִ֑י	miz.be.Chi	altar my	H4196 →
אֲשֶׁ֛ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תִגָּלֶ֥ה	ti.ga.Leh	it will be uncovered	H1540 →
עֶרְוָתְךָ֖	'er.va.te.Kha	nakedness your	H6172 →
עָלָֽיו׃ פ	'a.Lav	on it	H5921 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 1:16
for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
leads to
- Leviticus 11:44
  For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Leviticus 19:2
  “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Leviticus 20:7
  Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
Through
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:28–29
  Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 1:19
  My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Proverbs 15:8
  The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Through
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I…
leads to
- Exodus 19:22
  Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
- Isaiah 49:3
  He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”